I need help getting started. I would like to do deep litter in the run. Right now it is just bare soil. The chicks are 13 weeks old and went out there a couple of weeks ago. So far most droppings seem to just disappear, but the soil is slowly getting hard and trampled. What should I throw in there to start? We are in CA, so no grass clippings (plus when we mow in the spring it is with a scythe and the cut weeds are much too big/long/scraggely to go in there). The only leaves we have are oak and we usually use them to make leaf mulch in a separate bin for the garden.
Also it has been hot here since they have gone out and I have had a mister on for them to make it bearable when the temperature goes over 90. The ground in that part of the run gets pretty wet.
Also it has been hot here since they have gone out and I have had a mister on for them to make it bearable when the temperature goes over 90. The ground in that part of the run gets pretty wet.
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