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    Keeping ground dry in coop

    Thank you for the photo. Looks very nice. I am interested to see that your walk-way up to the 2nd level is very clean. Ours gets very muddy and full of chicken poop - is it odd that they would be pooping on the ramp?? Their feet appear to be fine and they seem very healthy. Have seen no...
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    Keeping ground dry in coop

    Thanks. Do you happen to know off hand what bumblefoot looks like?
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    Keeping ground dry in coop

    We have the same problem and it is really bugging me. Their feet are caked with mud and I think a lot of it is poop mixed with mud. It is easier to pick up the poop that is in the upper part of the coop because that is a wood floor with pine shavings. We have a problem with drainage. I worry...
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    Dirt floor for now; want sand or straw?

    Thank you for your advice. They are just on the roosts that came with the coop - not as narrow as a pole but not as wide as 2x4. Will look into changing this. It might be drafty too - there is a window (with chicken wire) but nothing to cover that. We have the egg box open right off the roosting...
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    Dirt floor for now; want sand or straw?

    Thank you for your reply! First time I have hear about the horse mat - what a great idea! Will look into that. Yes, I think the drainage in our area is bad so the sand just got clumpy. Plus, I feel like our chickens poop a lot!! Another time I want to explore what people do with the poop...
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    Dirt floor for now; want sand or straw?

    We have a small, rather cheap coop for 4 chickens. We let them out to free range in our yard almost every day for about an hour. We have pine shavings up in their roosting area and egg box but the floor is just the earth (clay soil which can get muddy when it gets wet). I have no problem...
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