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Well, I simply carry the leaves or grass in and spread it evenly around in the run. At first it's pretty fluffy but within several days the girls have it more compacted. I don't make a pile like a compost heap since I use it as the ground cover in the run. Whenever I feel like it gets too...

Oh, and my hens spend about 2.5 days in their enclosed run while I'm at work. Otherwise, when I'm home I let them run around the yard for recess and P.E. most of the day...on about 4.5 days. They seem happy and between the three of them right now I collect about a dozen eggs a week.

Ha, by the time I finished building my coop in October I was too worn out to spend more time ruminating about the run floor. All summer the run floor was simply dirt--not much rain in Idaho this summer. I'd read that chickens do a wonderful job beginning the composting process, so when I mowed...