I haven't heard that, but I'm no expert. Like I said my coop is elevated and I think as I researched a lot of coops I looked at and read about were off the ground. Shavings on my wood floor, although I am thinking I may tac a piece of linolium down come cleaning time just to make getting the...
My coop is 2 feet off the ground and we live on a hill top so the wind really cuts here. It sounds a lot more complicated than it is.
Build your coop. Throw in a few bags of pine shavings to start, spread them out, walk away and do your thing. Come back in a few days and turn it with a...
As I understand it, the deep litter is fermenting and giving off heat (composting, if you will) and it will insulate the floor as well. I researched Dlm a lot when building the coop. Love it, no poop boards no smell. I add a whole bag of pine about once a month.