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Chicken feather powder at Springs Farm is a by-product of poultry processing. It is cooked and sterilized in a steam autoclave at high temperature, then dried and ground into a meal. Springs Farm's feather meal contains 13% nitrogen. It is a semi-slow-releasing organic fertilizer that provides nitrogen to plants for a long period of time. Like corn, leafy vegetables and other plants that need a constant supply of nitrogen. The down powder starts to release nitrogen* within 4-7 days after application. About 75% of nitrogen is released at a steady "slow food" rate, and plants metabolize nitrogen for 3 months or more*. The remaining nitrogen will be released for another 3 months*. However, there are several factors that will determine the rate of nutrient release. Some of them include: soil pH level, soil water level, soil temperature, and whether there are enough microorganisms to break down nutrients into available nutrients for plants.