Hey Don,
I honestly have no idea how old they are. We have a cow farm up the road and I got it from them. I have always considered manure and compost as well rotted when the brandlings are present. This batch of “manure” under the black sheet is from the picture of my first picture of my manure stash.
I know for a fact that the cow farm uses them and spreads them easily over the fields with their humongous machines.
Unfortunately it was briefly trodden on by the husband as we were hauling them onto the old pathways. I am not sure if forking them over will help. haha! I am just reluctant as I think I will end up stepping on them even more.
I do suspect that I possibly have to re-compost them and add more brown materials so that they will break down more easily into more “fluffy” compost?