Bins for composting fish mortalities in a 2-stage system at Buhl, Idaho. A common design for composting animal mortalitites in covered bins, these are used for poultry composting in Maryland. A similar shed used for composting poultry mortalities at a site in Washington. At this turkey farm in Colorado, mortalities and manure are composted in windrows. Feathers are slow to compost.
Bones composting in windrows at a Texas site are very slow to decompose.
A diagram of a simple poultry mortality composting system. At a Utah State University composting facility, cattle mortalities are composted in enclosed static piles. Using a front end loader to blend initial feedstocks. Compost feedstock staging area at the WSU facility. Paper pulp feed stock piles.