deep litter in a run

  1. Gammas Bearded Babies

    Need advice for New Coop/Run setup please!

    I've done so much research here and online and looked at sooo many ideas I'm overwhelmed. I'll state what I'm thinking regarding each area based on what I've learned. If I'm misunderstanding or incorrect, please correct me so I can do this right this time. Not sure my husband will agree to any...
  2. MotherOfChickens

    Deep Litter Questions

    Hi! :D So I have a few questions about the deep litter method and I am hoping those of you who are highly experienced in this could possibly answer them for me. So here goes... I am building a new coop here in the next couple weeks. The dimensions will be roughly 3.5 ft deep x 7 feet wide by...
  3. K

    Best flooring for run that can sometimes have standing water

    Hi all- Advanced aplogies, newbie here with lots of questions... I live in Charleston, which is called the "lowcountry" for a reason. I recently built a coop in my yard with a 5'x10' run. During a heavy rain last week, about 1/2 of the run flooded about 2 inches. As I just constructed the...
  4. Orit

    Old Leaves

    I have been reading a lot about the deep litter method, as well as using dry leaves. I raked up leaves last year and shredded and bagged them. I had intended on using them in my compost but only ended up using a bit. I still have 4 bags sitting in my shed that are over a year old. Question...
  5. Star and eclipsa

    Deep litter method

    I just raked my yard and i have alot of leaves in trash bags. Ive heard that you can use leaves for the deep litter method? Can anyone tell me all that they know about it?
  6. Elmochook

    Deep litter help

    I have dirt floors in both of my runs so i decided to start trying to build stuff up in there. Leafs are what i started with and the chickens loved them but it takes a LOT of leafs for me to get it "deep" in there so i went and bought 1 hay bale and spread it all over in both pens and now its...
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