jewels wrote:
"pammyT" fenlandfowl @talktalk.net wrote in message
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I keep chickens and use their spent bedding to add to compost
heap.
I have an infestation of red mite in the henhouse at the moment
so
they are present in the chicken droppings/straw bedding mixture.

Is it safe to add this manure to the compost heap? I guess the
compost heap gets quite hot but red mite like the warmth.

Any advice/comments would be appreciated.

Burn the little barstewards.

purebred poultry

I'm gonna get'em, they don't know it yet but I'll get'em!

Seems a shame if the droppings etc are no good for the compost heap


Whatever kills the mites won't stop the good stuff from composting,
surely?

--
Mike.