I also live in an area where we have a limit on the number of chickens one can keep on property & I had 5 to retire..& I somehow found a wonderful hearted person who has a farm that takes in special & "retiring animals",, she has horses, a cow, donkey & 2 goats! So 5 of my girls went to that...
I’ve been keeping chickens for 18 years & I’ve tried straw at one point but now exclusively use pine shavings in the coop & clean out the poop almost every day (& place it in a trash can (when full) & move it to the compost pile..(in their nesting boxes I DO use straw with Diatomaceous Earth...
