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Well thats good to now anyway, I've always been slightly worried about spilling food in there!

I kind of thought that it might be healthier for them not to? With dust (and it is dust reduced shavings but it still gets a bit dusty) and manure it don't seem the best spot to be eating ones lunch.

For some reason ours just about never scratch or dig in the coop, it's always been like that so I think they just can't be bothered!

Interesting article, the thing is I'm not turning the litter, so it's not quite the same. It is quite close though.

It does actually compost a bit, not as in the hole thing turning in to compost ready to put on plants, but where there's most manure it definitely does a bit.

Thanks! That's reassuring, that I'm not doing anything wrong!

It doesn't smell; or at least the only times it does is if I've been very busy and missed adding a layer, but even this is just chickeny, not bad smelling.

Thanks for the quick response, yes, thats sort of what I thought, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

So I've got slightly confused with deep litter systems; our coop is raised of the ground and has a wooden floor. So far what I've been doing is putting a thin layer of wood shavings down, and then every couple of days adding another layer over the poop. I don't turn it and neither do the...