Oh, great. My ventilation is solid - I modified the pre-fab coop when I received it to add 1 sq foot of ventilation per bird, up high above their roosting bars so as to avoid draftiness, thanks to the great advice I found from others on this site. I've attached a photo for reference -- it was...
Somehow I missed that link the first time around - thank you! What a great article. It doesn't answer my question about the PDZ, though. Now that there's PDZ mixed in with my pine shavings, can I still compost the whole thing when I clean it out - or does it mess up the composting, like the...
Sorry - I just realized that it maybe helps to clarify that I'm using a modified OverEZ large chicken coop, so it's got a (painted) wood floor and is situated a few feet off the ground.
This is so helpful...I'm really appreciating the clarification. So if I have an 8" deep layer of dry pine shavings in my small 6'x5' backyard coop (for six non-bantam chickens), I'm actually using the deep bedding, *not* the deep litter method...do I have that right?
And so...what does that...
