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I was doing 6 month coop change outs at first, then this spring decided to not change it out and let it go 12 months....it worked out fine. Also stir thing up myself by pushing the shavings out of the way instead of walking on them to fill the feed and water every day, and moving them even more...

Good description by Blooie above for the difference of deep litter(moist) and deep bedding(dry). It's hard thing to delineate what with all the terms that folks use....and misuse. You can 'compost' continually.... or later. I use deep bedding, bone dry, and compost it when doing the annual...

What kind of 'floor' do you have in the coop? Not sure you'd want a damp, truly composting deep litter on a wooden floor.....it would eventually rot it out. Would work better in a dirt floored coop, tho could/can effect the walls if too deep. I like to keep the coop and floor as dry as...