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  1. NatJ

    I need all the ground cover options for my run

    What happened to the sand and gravel after that? Gravel doesn't rot, and I wouldn't expect it to wear out in any way, so I'm a bit puzzled that it only "lasted" 2 years.
  2. NatJ

    I need all the ground cover options for my run

    The Chicken Chick website has quite a few articles, with nice pictures, but I would not trust the information without checking other sources. Some of it is right, but some is wrong, and unless you already know the material it can be hard to tell which is which. (Some of the wrong parts are from...
  3. NatJ

    I need all the ground cover options for my run

    In that case, I agree with @aart that you should add some fill dirt to cover what is there, and then you can use various kinds of bedding. Chickens do scratch and dig, but they do it more in soft dirt than in hard dirt, so you might want to add the fill dirt in several layers and trample down...
  4. NatJ

    I need all the ground cover options for my run

    What is in the run already? It often works to leave the native soil/plants there, and let the chickens scratch in the soil and kill the plants. Then start adding other material. Many people have good results by putting in quite a bit of wood chips, and also adding any other compostable...
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