weeds in water

I had trouble getting my compost to heat up.  Now the chickens wont leave it alone, so no matter how high I get it piled up the chickens make sure it is spread around in no time.  Rather then fight this, I will just go with it and not worry about the pile heating up.  You can tell things are definitely braking down and looking pretty good.  
I read on this site about putting weeds into water to kill the seeds.  I want to do that to all weeds that may have seeds so I don't have to worry about the compost heating up or using compost that may contain weed seeds in it.  The problem is I can't find the post I read this in and don't remember how long the weeds need to stay in the water.  If anyone knows would you please let me know.  I think this is my solution to successful composting.  The water will kill the seeds, and the chickens worms and time will do the rest.  Thanks

I am very curious about this, too; especially with things like crab & bermuda, that have seeds too small for me to see.
Even if I can get the pile to heat up, I'm always worried that there's a ton of seeds near the edges or top, where the temp isn't as high.

Hopefully someone will clarify for us!  

Based on the experience of others in this thread https://permies.com/t/8171/fermented-weed-soup-compost-tea it seems that just soaking in water isn't very effective to kill the seeds.

I wonder about soaking them in a (sealed) bucket/barrel out in the sun? Kind of like imitating a car that's been sitting in the summer sun all day, possibly cooking the seeds? It would probably go anaerobic quickly; maybe it could be reinnoculated & oxygenized after a short time, or added to an active, aerated compost pile?

Sounds like your chickens are doing what they are great at - scratching through the heap to eat seeds, bugs and new shoots. I would expect compost that had been thoroughly turned and scratched by chickens to be fairly weed free.

thank you Michael, I didn't think of that.  I feel better about using the compost in my garden.  It looks like something I want to use, I was just worried about the weeds.  
It's funny how the obvious is right in front of my face and I didn't even see it.  We have been having quite warm weather for this time of year.  In the mid to high 70s (no global warming my *^%)  Weeds have popped up and are growing vigorously everywhere.  Nothing is growing in the compost.  
You have given me food for thought.  I was going to start a new compost outside the chicken yard, and cover it with chicken wire to keep the escape chickens out of it, maybe I don't need to do that.  What do you think?

One of the guiding principles of permaculture is to integrate, not isolate. When we plan carefully whole can be greater than the sum of the parts.

Chickens and compost are a match made in heaven:

You don't have to "cook" land weeds to drown them into a decomposed mush.. It's just a matter of time.

2 days is not long enough, and 2 years is excessive..

Take a couple mason jars of various weed roots and seeds and try 2 weeks, 2 months, then plant the stuff in a nice pot to see if anything grows (you should probably also do a "control" version soaked for just 2 days - or even just 2 hours - before potting to see if anything grows at all or if you suck so bad you just can't even grow weeds!

let me know your results!

tyronew888@yahoo.com

I would love to read the thread about weeds in water killing the seeds.  To me, it might take years to kill the seeds.

I am a big fan of compost tea and have read several threads about making compost tea from weeds.