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There is a thread on cleaning/maintaining runs as wel: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/do-you-clean-out-poop-from-the-run.1601556/page-8#post-27258042

I did a spring cleaning on monday/tuesday. The weather was amazing with 22-23C and 🔆. I used diatomaceous earth underneath the cardboard and ‘painted’ the inside of all the roost / nesting area’s to keep the bloody bird mite away from laying eggs in all the cracks.

I clean the poop boards when its gets dirty or smelly and the weather is nice. If its a rainy period I might wait another week and just put an extra layer with shavings/leaves/grasses or mosses on top. Because I have one side open in winter and even more in summer it rarely smells. I rake...