I think that is about where mine is at also, mostly dryish but wetter under the perches(by design). I didn't want boards because I thought that would be defeating the purpose of deep litter, robbing the litter of the poop needed.
So it's moist~ kind of, I also just added some fresh grass...
Thank you Coach, and all for the responses, You cleared it up for me.
My goal first off is to be stink free and secondly to provide some good fertile soil for the garden so I will only be cleaning out once per year.
They've only been in there 3 weeks or so and as of now you wouldn't know there...
I'm doing deep litter in both run and coop, my question pertains to the coop.
I've read that in order for deep litter or composting action to take affect there is a required amount of moisture need for that reaction to happen.
I've started in the coop with wood shavings and a good layer of...