Feathers in coop

[creedatticus]

my girls are just about start laying eggs next month, so they have gone through a few molts, and there are feathers everywhere. what is the best way to clean them up? picking them up takes forever because they are small and everywhere in the run!

 

[nuthatched]

mist them with the hose and rake them.

 

[neo71665]

I don't, they get turned into the mulch and decompose like everything else.

 

[3KillerBs]

I don't, they get turned into the mulch and decompose like everything else.

THIS!

I just add more litter on top of them and they compost in due time.

 

[Pheonix_in_wonderland]

Just the same way you do your bedding. For us when the coop is gross we just scoop everything into the wheelbarrow and it goes to the compost pile. Treat it the same way you do your shavings (if that’s what you use). if the feathers aren’t dirty and your bedding is clean other than the feathers I would just leave them.