Chicken manure

Do I need to do anything to fresh chicken manure to make it garden-useable?

I have a decent sized flock so I get about a bucketful a week, and I've been saving it in a compost bin. I've got a fair bit now and with the weather warming up, it's time to start making use of it!

 

We have four compost bins made of old shipping pallets. The chicken manure and wood shavings go in there along with the grass clippings. We leave it for a good year until its rotted down and then spread it on the borders.