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It's never too late to start composting in the run. There is plenty of time left this summer to toss in grass clippings, etc... and get things going good. It's just basically a cold composting system, so it just needs time to sit and decompose. The chickens scratching and pecking all the litter...

That's fantastic! If you want to monitor your compost pile temps, I would suggest getting a Compost Thermometer like the one I got from Amazon. It has a 20 inch probe to stick it way down into the compost pile to get a good reading of the heat in the center of the pile. If you want to do hot...

:thumbsup Nice compost pile you have going there. As far as too much nitrogen from chicken poo, I would say that as long as your compost pile does not smell like a pile of poo, then you should be OK. If your compost pile smells bad, it is almost always too much "green" material and you just...