That's what I thought. It is one of the reasons why I never finished my DIY spinning barrel composter. Instead, I converted my entire chicken run into a composting system.
I have about 18 inches deep of litter in late fall, and over the winter, it will compost and breakdown to about 12 inch...
:celebrate Those composting bins look brand new. Very nice.
Do you turn those bins daily, weekly, etc.. and check the temps for hot composting? I think that would be the greatest advantage to that setup. Turning a compost pile is a lot of work, but those spinning bins look like that task would...
Converting the chicken run into a chicken run composting system really worked for me. Previously, I was buying large bags of compost at the big box stores. When I got my chickens, I learned I could use them to make compost faster than I could in my pallet wood compost bins.
I have more than...
There are endless ways to make chicken compost. I use dry deep bedding in my coop and only clean it out twice a year. All my old coop litter gets tossed into the chicken run which I converted into a chicken run composting system.
With deep bedding, you don't need to clean out any poop board...