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I beg to differ on this, I have run my hands through my deep litter in the winter months and it's clearly above ambient temps once you dig down a bit so it's obviously helping with the temp in the coop over and above it's insulation value... How much heat it's generating is certainly open to...

Yes, moisture is a balance as too much moisture will also release ammonia but it also needs some moisture to compost... The bird poop is mostly water so in general that will add enough moisture to the mix to keep things going unless you live in a very dry climate... The deep litter should be...

High ammonia smell in deep litter generally means the carbon to nitrogen levels are out of line aka the litter does not have enough organic volume for the amount of poop, so increase litter volume by adding more depth of organic materials like leaves, lawn clippings, sawdust or pine shavings...

As TalkALittle stated the deep litter method is in fact a type of composting, the two definitions are mutual and tied together in this case... Zone 5, North of Chicago

I beg to differ ground contact certainly makes it easier to get going but it's not absolutely necessary, you can introduce the microbes with a shovel or two full of soil from the yard and/or some already composting compost or if given sufficient time the microbes will find their way to the...