Fowl stuff

[compostpope]

It’ moist, whiffs a bit, has a few stray feathers and lots of maggots and some worms in it – sadly no straw bedding (but perhaps there was originally but it has since rotted down??) so I’m planning to use a thin layer it as you suggest and then cover with what little garden compost I have left. Given that it is so old, do you think it would still act as a compost activator?

There are actually 2 piles, one seems to older – nothing in the way of maggots, and seems very dry and almost like sandy soil. This would be much more pleasant to handle but is it still any good?

Thanks. CP