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Deep litter method
A warning about expecting poop to drop though hardware cloth: When we built our henhouse and run, we took the wood floor out of a henhouse kit and replaced it with half-inch hardware cloth, so that when chickens roosted at night, the poop would drop through the hardware cloth onto the floor of...- RuthHM
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance
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Deep litter method
I'm wondering what people do with the deep litter once they remove it from the coop? I like to add it to my compost heap, but I know diatomaceous earth kills invertebrates and other decomposers, so I haven't added any to the pine shavings I use on the coop floor. Does anyone have experience...- RuthHM
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- Forum: Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance