I have a big area I can use for compost. The situation is that it's been used for branches originally. Then some foxes moved in last year. I'm scared to go near it tbh. What do I do? I want to use it but I don't want to possibly get hurt or hurting them. I've included some photos

I would toss compost on top of everything.

Some people write about starting their compost with branches on the bottom... you have that already.

The foxes? They're more afraid of you than you are of them.
As a general rule of thumb... if you don't get between them and an exit... they will usually go for the exit.

There was some frenzy in the news recently about a fox biting people... I think it had rabies or something...
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05...

Made the news because it was so unusual...
I really wouldn't expect an issue with this compost pile....
I think I would probably avoid adding things to the compost that might attract the fox...
Or?
Having the fox clean up the meat scraps might appeal to some people... And... when the wild animals remove the egg shells from the pile... Isn't the end of the world... God uses many different organisms in the production of compost...

If you have a company remove the foxes, they will probably euthanize them, and I think that would be a shame. I would either leave the area alone, or go ahead and toss your yard waste on the top, preferably when the foxes are out hunting (dawn & dusk mostly). I would make some noise approaching, to alert the foxes and give them time to vacate their den before you actually get there. I don't think the foxes will stay there forever.

stone said: I would toss compost on top of everything.

Some people write about starting their compost with branches on the bottom... you have that already.

The foxes? They're more afraid of you than you are of them.
As a general rule of thumb... if you don't get between them and an exit... they will usually go for the exit.

There was some frenzy in the news recently about a fox biting people... I think it had rabies or something...
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/05...

Made the news because it was so unusual...
I really wouldn't expect an issue with this compost pile....
I think I would probably avoid adding things to the compost that might attract the fox...
Or?
Having the fox clean up the meat scraps might appeal to some people... And... when the wild animals remove the egg shells from the pile... Isn't the end of the world... God uses many different organisms in the production of compost...

I was hoping that was the case. I worry about them hanging out under my shed so I walk up the ramp heavy footed and call out "hey foxes its me the human just getting some *item* I wont be long!"

The area will be just fine; branches won't do any harm. At the worst they might be annoying to deal with when you come to dig in the pile for whatever reason.

Foxes: unless they're rabied, they are unlikely to harm you. You're a much bigger threat to them than they are to you.