Yes, I agree. I don't have to really encourage my birds to stir the litter...they seem to toss it around about once or twice a week, now that I have a coop with a soil floor. I'm thinking that the bugs that feed on the fecal matter are being hunted with some vigor as they will move the entire top layer of that litter from one side of the coop to the other on some days. Then I find myself just forking the litter back to the rear of the coop so that it doesn't build up where I come in and out, on occasion, but mostly they will get around to tossing THAT litter towards the back of the coop the next time they shovel through the litter.
Free ranging changes everything in a chicken's life....all for the good...so one doesn't have issues like impacted crop, sour crop, eating of bedding, etc. with a free range system.
Free ranging changes everything in a chicken's life....all for the good...so one doesn't have issues like impacted crop, sour crop, eating of bedding, etc. with a free range system.