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I agree. I have deep litter in a dog kennel situation and it produces the most healthy "floor" you could ever imagine. There is never any slick, unhealthy, impacted ground. And the worms proliferate in it. The chickens love digging in it. On occasion I would take out a shovel and the...

You can also just build your house with regular floors and use the deep litter outdoors in the run if you have one. I put all my litter out onto the run when the house is being cleaned out. I Also use wood chips (tree service drops for free) but you have to let them cure before using. Let...

@Jennrz Great! Now, when you clean the litter out of the coop itself, just put it right out into the run (especially if you're using pine shavings in there). That will continue to add carbon to the run for balance. And you'll be amazed at how healthy your deep litter in there will be. In...

PS on the wood chips - I usually let them "cure" before putting them in the run for a couple months on a pile. When they get nice and full of worms it's ready to go in :D

I also get wood chips FREE from local tree trimmers. If you call around, many of them will be glad to bring you a load (if you have somewhere for them to put it) for free when they're working in your area. They prefer not to have to haul them if they don't have to. I use the wood chips in my...

You do need to be VERY CAREFUL not to use any cedar when they're chicks especially. One of our friends was using pine chips all the time but her normal store ran out. She purchased them from a different store. The bag said pine. Not too long after, she started to have chicks dieing...

We did the same thing this spring. I throw all the litter from the inside out into the deep litter kennel run which only gets used when I have to have a safe place. The kennel run gets wood chips in addition to the litter from the inside. This spring 2 of my daughters dug out pickup truck...

Just a regular water-based EXTERIOR paint. I think mine was a Benjamin Moore but that's only because I happen to work for a place that sells paint and that brand was on sale at the moment. As long as it exterior you should be fine. You just want it to cure for awhile so it doesn't end up...

I'm not sure what I'd do if I had the wood floors. I have a thought that it wouldn't rot them for a LONG time. But you might consider something as simple as stapling a tarp down that goes up the walls a little all around if your hen house is small enough to accomplish that. I know someone...

Y'all may have already seen this but wanted to post it here just in case. I'm copying a post I had in a different thread. *************** Here's a link about the Deep Litter. It was the first information I ever read on the topic almost a year ago before I was on BYC. The writer quotes a...

It's been a long time since I've been on here! Have been reading to catch up and wanted to comment on a couple things.