Thank you! I think I used the term deep litter just because in my head the sand method shared the "long term" part of deep little method - my mistake to convolute them. The books I've read described using sand and sifting poop out daily but leaving the main bed of sand in for quite a long...
Thank you! This is helpful. Yes! We did include poop boards in our coop. We just have to figure out how to position the roosts over them. Ours will be L shaped like your photo so that's again very helpful!
We're debating bedding for our new coop. Do I have this right, that sand is good as long as your coop stays dry? Our coop is raised and fully enclosed.
So far after several books read I'm leaning toward deep litter sand method. They will have a large protected run that will be on natural...