Thank you, everyone, for the very helpful advice! I'm grateful for the solid tips and clear instructions: Poking around online just turned me around in circles.
I'm going to pitch most of the straw and try the leftover wood shavings I have on hand on top of finished compost. I'll save the...
Thanks all. Looks like I'm switching to pine chips.... I'll look around for stall shavings. (I'm in suburbia, and ag stores are few and far between. Much thanks for the help and expertise! Deep litter seems such a manageable way to go, especially since my young kids are trying to take on much of...
We started with deep litter method at the start of November. We're not doing it right, because we're starting to smell ammonia.
What we've done:
-- 10" of straw in coop with linoleum floor
-- turning weekly with rake and sprinkling Sweet PDZ
-- adding fresh straw every week or two
The coop...