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Post by swamprat1 on May 11, 2013 10:02:51 GMT -7
Just wanted to let anyone who is interested know that the latest issue of Backwoodsman has a pretty good write up on how to make black powder out of chicken poo.
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Post by geron on May 11, 2013 10:42:20 GMT -7
OK, Now we gotta ban chicken poopy.
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Post by swamprat1 on May 11, 2013 11:03:54 GMT -7
Oh, no no not at all. The article is stated as being solely for academic purposes.  |
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Post by missasip on May 11, 2013 16:41:55 GMT -7
Shoot, I meant to pick up that new issue the other day and forgot. I love that mag. I need to just subscribe to it....  Getting the nitrates from the chick poo I bet... Jimmy |
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Post by swamprat1 on May 11, 2013 18:55:15 GMT -7
Yep, it tells how to get the nitrates from poo and purify.
Need to redo subscription myself. Had one and let lapse.
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Post by Cwi555 on May 11, 2013 19:13:16 GMT -7
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Post by swamprat1 on May 11, 2013 19:35:55 GMT -7
Very interesting links CWI, thank you. They use a very similar extraction method in the article. They punched holes in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket, layer of cotton fabric, layer of ash, layer of cloth then poo. The rest is fairly well the same. I'll have to go back and check the article, but isopropyl alcohol was used at some point in the process, I want to say in the purifying g part but will have to check the article to be sure.
Ok, just finished reading the article. Bit of a bummer I must say. I do wonder if the use of alcohol makes a difference. To bad I have no chickens to experiment.
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Post by thywar on May 11, 2013 20:21:25 GMT -7
Swamprat, just volunteer to clean out a coop.. you'll have plenty to use I bet..
edit: When I was a kid I'd get shipped off to my uncle's farm in Arkansas.. he had 5 large chicken houses, raised fryers. Guess why I got to spend a couple of weeks at his farm.. right after he sold all of his chickens?... you betcha..
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Post by swamprat1 on May 11, 2013 20:29:58 GMT -7
Lucky you thywar... Lol
May have to see about cleaning a coop or two.
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Post by Cwi555 on May 11, 2013 20:52:28 GMT -7
I've always been told the best poo for this is bat poo. Its also all I've ever tried first hand. Around these parts, bat habitats are easily found but can be dangerous around 'larger' deposits. Civil war era sites for this are not hard to find here and in parts of Missouri.
The methodology is fairly easy, but putting back a stock of powder is easier by far. This is one of those things I consider good to have done once to say you did and can do, but not something worth doing on a regular basis. Modern factories do a much better job of it without risking gasing or blowing yourself up.
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Post by swamprat1 on May 11, 2013 21:25:45 GMT -7
That's primarily why I would like to do, just to be able to say that I have successfully done it. Wish we had areas of concentrated bats populations in the manner you speak of. We do have them, but they are scattered around. The only time I have even found any roosting bats was in an old cistern I ran across years ago.
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Post by Cwi555 on May 11, 2013 21:37:55 GMT -7
That's primarily why I would like to do, just to be able to say that I have successfully done it. Wish we had areas of concentrated bats populations in the manner you speak of. We do have them, but they are scattered around. The only time I have even found any roosting bats was in an old cistern I ran across years ago. For that purpose, you'll probably want to be able to do it with local resources. If I am not mistaken, pigeon and quail poo is considered the next best thing. |
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Post by swamprat1 on May 12, 2013 11:24:08 GMT -7
Bah!! I need a slap on the head smiley, I've access to quite a bit of pigeon poop.
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