Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter

I think my coops are too small for this but I will give it a try anyway.
I guess you can easily drop all the contents after one year or the time you let it stay in your composting bins?

This really helped me decide what to do for my chicken coop. I am very happy that you shared this with us. Thank you! I am going to do this!

I go every two months during the winter, being that I have 30 New Jersey Giants. After reading your article I might see about going a little longer. If I could make it through the winter with only 1 change that would make my life easier and warmer. I'm not sure if I understand how the smell is less though? What is counteracting it?

I have a wood floor in my coop and yes, it does decompose. It's a little slower but it works.

A nice article that is a great conversation stimulator.
Even 20 years using DLM I learn from new comments.

As winter is approaching and I constantly looking at better ways to winterize the coop, I fell upon DLM here. Definitely will attempt this during the winter!

I did the DLM last winter and I believe it did help with making it warmer. My girls are in an unused, large remodeled horse stall in a barn. The horses are not in the barn much so no heat generated from them and the stall has a wood floor. As such it isn't overly warm and I think this really helped to keep the floor warmer for when they were locked in for a while due to snow. It also made care so much easier. I didn't do the DE but it sounds like a good idea and I think I will do that this year. I did clean it out in the spring and have done weekly cleanings through the summer... lately I've been wondering why I did that. Maybe I won't do that next year, not sure yet.

I've been using DLM since the chicks were first moved into the coop. I use hemp bedding because it is very absorbent with very little dust. But it is expensive because I have to have it shipped to me. But I have yet to need to add any fresh litter to the coop and we've had the wettest, most humid summer that I can recall this year. And the coop does not stink!

A really good deep litter method article but it doesn't tell you how to dissipate waste.

We've been cleaning it out every week or so.. got a big bag of DE sitting in the Corner collecting dust. Glad I found this article . I will be sturring in the DE tomorrow!

I have never hear of this method before! Will be using, come winter!

I have been doing this for years. Works well and I feel there is added benefit in winter months. I swear it keeps my coop warmer.

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