- Jan 7, 2014
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I realize you probably know this already but for anyone following the thread, If you have a cold pile (let alone frozen) the microbes wont be able to get going, ..its only if the nitrogen on the pile was sufficient ...during..the warm season that microbes could get off to a statrt and generate heat, that they would even be able to withstand the cold of the changing seasons...and so no matter how well balanced your compost pile is, the warmth has to be there in order to give the microbes a start..they cant generate heat until they get going..and they can't get going if there's no heat.Yes there is plenty of nitrogen in chicken poop; the issue is that the shavings take a long time, and a crazy amount of nitrogen, to break down. The chicken poop doesn't quite cover it, unless there is a whole heck of a lot; like if you're emptying a poop hammock into the compost pile more often than cleaning out your shavings. My pile is soaked with rabbit urine and full of chicken poo and rabbit poo, and its still frozen solid rather than having enough Nitrogen to generate heat.