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Not sure I understand because I thought wood chips get moldy with age. Is that not what breaks them down? Well-aged so they won’t be moldy?

Looks like I should be OK keeping wood chips in the run, not allowing it very long to grow mold, whereas inside the coop I should stick to purchased shavings? What about if I do put chips in the coop but mixed with green leaves, freshly cut grass and herbs?

Thanks.

Talking about wood chips, not shavings. The coop is 4 x 8 and elevated 2.5 ft. The run extends another 8 ft from the coop. I’ll see if I can post a pic tomorrow. I hope you folks can take me by the hand with this new endeavor, we have no chix yet, wait til you see how many questions I have! I...

Great. Thanks.

When we built the coop & run we first put down hardware cloth in the run and 2” sand. We want to put wood chips over that. The coop is elevated so chix can go under the coop and have more run area. So perhaps the deep litter method is not best with woodchips and we can change it regularly if...

What’s your DL? I know there is a lot of good information here for sure! Didn’t know about mixing in green leaves. I’m relieved, thanks.

Possible problems if I use wood chips in coop and run, with deep litter method?