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My compost sits for a year and I've never seen any evidence of feathers in there when it's ready for use. If it doesn't break down fast enough for your liking, you can also just toss them in the run and they'll break down extremely quickly with the chickens kicking them around and nibbling on...

Yes they break down. People pay good money for feather meal for their garden, so I figure this is the slower, free version of that.

The feathers shouldn't cause an issue. I tend to scoop them up because I want them in my compost, but otherwise they're fine just sitting there until you do do a clean out.

No reason to remove old bedding if you're not doing a clean out. I just add to keep the hemp level up until my yearly cleaning.

It works great under the roost and I plan on continuing to use hemp in that section. I refresh it as the layer drops down but only clear it out once a year. Because of the price I still find it more sensible to keep the rest of the coop bedding as wood chips as those are free and useful doing...

I didn't start wearing a mask for cleanouts until last year or maybe just before that. When I saw how filthy they got over time, it made me realize just how much particulate matter I'd been breathing in. Of course since N95s are pretty much unavailable right now you have to make do with what...

Full coop clean outs: I rake and sweep out bedding, and dump and refresh nest materials, twice a year, April and October. Though I plan on leaving the hemp that's under the roosts for a full year and see how that does. In addition, in October I take in a leaf blower, don as much protective...