Anyways I started a compost pile full of hay and wood chips rotten apples seeds meat bones leaves grass twigs egg shells whole corn and tons of water. Im planning on adding coal soon.
Scott, generally animal products are kept out of a compost pile. the main reason being that you don't want to attract predators or vermin. An other reason for eliminating meat products from the compost pile IMO is that you may end up with some pathogens that do not get killed off by the heat of the pile. I'm a little perplexed by your addition of coal. What do you mean? What kind of coal? A little bit of stove ash is fine, but just a dusting. Any more of that can swing the pH of the heap to be too alkaline. Whole corn? Are you talking about corn cobs, or whole corn kernels, or perhaps the corn stalks? I'd avoid putting much corn kernels in the heap for the same reason. You don't want it to be a haven for vermin. A bit of corn or scratch is ok to keep the chickens turning the pile. But, they will most likely work the pile anyways. As for water, only add enough to keep it as damp as a wrung out sponge. Too much water will cause the pile to go anaerobic. It will smell like a septic tank, and will be growing some nasty bacteria that you don't want in your run.
In order for a pile to cook well, it needs to be a minimum of 1 cubic yard. You need to balance your high carbon materials with the correct amount of high nitrogen materials. I do not know what the right ratio is, and it matters somewhat what the materials are. But you will need more carbon than nitrogen.
Also, turning it daily is too much attention! (IMO) You need to allow the bacteria to work. When you turn the pile, oxygen is incorporated. That feeds the bacteria and fungi, and they go to work, and multiply. This is what causes the pile to heat up. If you turn it too often, the middle of the pile never gets to heat up, and the material does not stay at an optimum temperature for the composting to happen!
A compost or deep litter in the run is a good thing. I start one in my winter run every year. I build it quite high, and by spring, it has cooked down into some lovely compost. Every shovel full has literally hundreds of worms in it.
