Is this normal?

[Lauraadriana66]

So I cleaned the coop, got the hay out and put it in an area I was planning on composting.. but the girls are there scratching and eating?
Idk should I put them away?

 

[nuthatched]

Won't hurt them unless you think it m7ght be moldy.

 

[Lauraadriana66]

Won't hurt them unless you think it m7ght be moldy.

Awesome thanks!! It’s not

 

[aart]

Won't hurt them unless you think it m7ght be moldy.

...or they gorge on it and clog their crops.

It can be good to have chickens in the compost, or they can tear it up so much it won't break down into good garden soil.

 

[LaurelC]

...or they gorge on it and clog their crops.

It can be good to have chickens in the compost, or they can tear it up so much it won't break down into good garden soil.

how can compost be torn up so much it won't break down into good garden soil?

 

[aart]

how can compost be torn up so much it won't break down into good garden soil?

It needs to stay piled up to stay 'hot' and moist to decompose faster, otherwise it might take forever to really break down. into good garden soil.

 

[LaurelC]

It needs to stay piled up to stay 'hot' and moist to decompose faster, otherwise it might take forever to really break down. into good garden soil.

OK. But in that case, it does in fact still break down into good garden soil, it just takes a bit longer. FWIW, I never bother maintaining a hot compost pile and it all still makes great dirt, it just takes a bit longer.