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I use milk crates as nesting boxes. I cut a hand sized hole from the bottom of the crate and that side is where the egg door is. I cut a thin piece of luan to fit over the holes under my opening for egg gathering. It is a tight fit so it has kept most of the nesting in the box.

I also raised the sides of the nesting boxes to keep stuff in. Yes they kick the stuff all over. I just add clean pine shavings so the eggs stay clean. In addition, if a nesting box seems dirty, I will dump that on to the floor and change the shavings in that box. I now have 8” of railing at...

This is my 3 rd year using deep liter method. Every couple weeks I use a hoe to stur up the stuff on the floor(adding oxygen) and top cover it w new pine chips. It’s pretty deep now like 6-8”. I won’t clean it out until late spring. I just use tarps and hoe it on to them. Very little odor...