Spiders and bugs are not a problem. They are simply a normal part of the decomposition process.

If I misunderstand your post, apologies, but are you saying you will be planting in straight chicken manure? That that is what the bed is filled with? If so, please reconsider. It is intended as a garden soil amendment, not as a soil replacement.

"smelled pretty strong of urine and was wet and clumpy- should I be worried that its not ready"

Most definately.
If it still smells then it isn't ready to use. And even that which doesn't smell needs to be composted first to eliminate pathogens commonly found in chicken droppings. Chicken manure is very strong with very high levels of ammonia (that is what you are smelling) and high levels of nitrogen. It can easily burn, even kill plants so it needs to be well-composed before use. And in the process of composting it needs to be mixed with lots of other ingredients like shredded leaves, some soil, etc. That way you will have a great soil amendment to use. ;)

Here is a link to several previous discussions on it.

Here is a link that might be useful: GW-Chicken manure

If it smells like that don't mix it in what your planting this year. Put it your compost pile and it should heat up quickly.Chicken manure is hot and will burn your plants.

Vicky

As with any manure, always compost this first before adding it to your garden. Composting will buffer the high Nitrogen and help enhance the other nutrients that are in the manure. Composting manure is always better than simply working it into the garden.

thank you- it has been composting since fall and I just added a patch to my soil- I'm not planting into it--I going to mix it up but I think my neighbor got confused about the second patch-it looks hot to me so I'll take it out and let it compost over the summer-

I wanted to buy some bagged chicken manure at Home Depot and they said they were no longer selling it because of fears of bird flu. Yet I bought a bag of Miracle Grow Organic planting mix and it said it contained chicken manure, and I bought it at home Depot. Seems like an inconsistancy there.

that's weird. go figure? I know these chickens personally (they think they're one of the dogs) and they are healthy

If the sales people at a big box store tell you that they are no longer selling products that contain chicken (poultry) manure because of concerns about bird flu leave that store and never return to that garden center because they are supplying gross misinformation. While we are still not sure just how bird flu spreads from the poultry flocks to people, it has to mutate in the living bird somehow, there has not been found any indication that this pathogen is in poultry manure, probably if there was blood in that manure it might be a concern.