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That is awesome! I wish I was as co-ordinated and organized as you about getting my chickens to compost my garden beds!!! The situations I'm aware of that had bad outcomes were folks brooding young chicks in large plastic tubs on bagged spent coffee ground bedding. So - not outdoors, possibly...

You can use wood chips in the coop if desired. Be aware that they will need to dry out and stay dry if they are in the coop. They can dry out in the coop, it may take a month or two to totally dry out, so make sure you have a lot of coop ventilation for sure during that time. You don't want...

Add in your extra leaves in the fall, and your grass clippings (that haven't got bird poop on them), and the chickens will be in heaven. They will make their own dust baths in your dirt floor run - they love to dig. [Mine keep trying to dig out from the perimeter under the apron into the yard...

Show him the math. X bags of shavings from TSC at $5 each to do the entire run (those things compress a lot, you'll need more than what the bag says it covers) or X for the entire run worth of wood chips. It's an order of magnitude difference. And if you get more than you need, they can wait...

You'll need to provide plenty of shade, for sure. If you lived in the desert sand would make more sense, but in your climate maybe not. Sand has to be kept dry all the time pretty much in order to work well is my understanding. Great for covered runs, not so great unless it's your native soil...

Look into wood chips from a tree service or the city dump (where the tree service dumps their mulched wood). My sister used the site below and had them within the same day. Minimum/no cost. https://getchipdrop.com/ Also PLEASE give your chickens a minimum of 15 square feet per chicken...