I have 7 in mine, but they spend most of the day free ranging. I cleaned it out tonight and it was a nightmare! The shavings had gotten wet, smelled AWFUL, and I flooded my whole run trying to hose that junk out. I don't really want to put anything in the bottom
After that experience...
Going to try to keep this short. I'm a chicken newbie and decided to go with a chicken tractor instead of building a coop. Turns out they don't work well on sloped yards (husband tried to tell me!). In order to even it up, we built a chicken "deck" and put the whole tractor on it, making it...