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In our area it is very rural. We used roads that are rarely driven on. At least the county mowers had stories to tell about their day lol

We are surrounded by a forest but sadly it is almost all cedars. Not good for the chooks or Stoney the rabbit but it makes great firewood. I would love to get my hands on a trailer load of pine needles and cones. If left to our own devices dlm would have taken months. Following county mowers it...

Like I said earlier I followed the county mower and got tons of grass, weeds, wildflowers, some hay. I threw in some leaves that had been in the woods since fall and twigs and small branches. Carrot skin shavings, cuke skins all get mixed in there. Top layer gets wet but water mostly goes to...

Oklahoma gets monsoon rain, extreme wind heat and ice. So far this has been best option for our unusually wet year. Have not tested it thru ice yet.

This is what my three runs look like. The chooks love digging thru it. Wish we had this from the start. Deep litter is perfect for us as we both work 40 hrs/week. The sand was not good for us. The coop I use straw and pine shavings.

After my little darlings turned their run into a barren wasteland, I put sand in one run, deep litter in another and the third was half n half. After two weeks, I went deep litter. I put sand as my base, on top of that a thin layer of straw/pine shavings mix then sticks, grass. Then the county...