deep litter

  1. TheGreenManFarm

    Deep Litter Feedback with Chickens & Ducks?

    So I'm a first year poultry owner (in central Maine), although I have experience working with chickens and ducks on farms in the PNW. I've been trained on the deep litter method in the past, and as soon as I started raising my girls this year I went with it. It is now Winter (early and ugly...
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    • bedding bedding materials bedding options chickens deep litter ducks maine maine chickens mixed flock winter
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  2. IamRainey

    Would someone mind explaining Deep Litter

    When I got chickens for the first time about 18 months ago I was going to do DL in the coop. I'm all about composting and keep 4 very large piles on my half acre lot. Then I saw a poop board and started thinking if I removed the poop every day there was less chance of poor hygiene being a...
  3. Palestinian Farmer

    Making Biochar Inside Chicken Coop

    Hi all, - Charcoal is great for chickens https://thefrugalchicken.com/charcoal-chickens-healthy-backyard-flock/ - Charcoal is great for the coop https://www.southeastfarmpress.com/livestock/feeding-charcoal-improves-chicken-litter-fertilizer - Charcoal+Deep litter...
  4. MotherOfChickens

    Deep Litter Questions

    Hi! :D So I have a few questions about the deep litter method and I am hoping those of you who are highly experienced in this could possibly answer them for me. So here goes... I am building a new coop here in the next couple weeks. The dimensions will be roughly 3.5 ft deep x 7 feet wide by...
  5. OlympicChick

    Deep Litter Method for guinea pigs??

    We used to have guinea pigs, whom we adored, but I hated the constant clean up. I am going to be doing DLM with my chickens (I learned about DLM here on BC), and it struck me: could DLM possibly work with guinea pigs?! DLM has been used successfully with a variety of livestock. Any opinions on...
  6. webbysmeme

    Deep Litter Method, Please Explain?

    Can somebody explain how the deep litter method works? Do you just keep adding litter? How do you get all the poop out? If you don't remove the poop, how is the smell and flies handled? Thank you in advance for your help. I want to try this method but am concerned about smell and pest. Kim
  7. Wil781

    Deep Litter and cleaning......

    This is my coop and pen for 3 hens that we assembled from an 8x12 shed, the smaller section is just a 4x8 dirt area that they dust bath in all covered in HC. Any way the covered shed area has pine straw and dried leaves, how often should this be cleaned? It has only been in use since June and...
  8. DenverQuail

    Sand vs. Deep Litter - Mite Prevention

    I currently keep 15 coturnix quail in a 4x8 aviary, which sits on the ground (but the entire bottom is also covered in wire mesh to keep predators out, with a layer of bedding on top). I've been using the deep litter method for the past 8 months and have overall been very happy with it, but I...
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    • bedding coturnix deep litter mites quail sand scaly leg scaly leg mites shavings
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    • Forum: Quail
  9. CanadaEh

    can mice climb the vertical coop walls (siding, OSB, 2x4)?

    I am re-purposing old shed for a chicken coop. The shed constructed of siding, 1/2" OSB on exterior, 2x4s, and 3/8" OSB on interior. I have already cut off the lower 2' of interior OSB all around (1' for deep litter + 1' to allow chickens to stand in the wall space and adding 7" to coop's width...
  10. CanadaEh

    Alternatives for Blackjack #57 for coop floor coating (for deep litter)?

    While Blackjack #57 ("premium rubberized coating for waterproofing roofs & foundations") is being tried and true on this forum, I absolutely unable to get it in my province (we don't even have Lowes here and they won't ship). Would Black Knight "18.9L All Season Rubberized Roof Repair" from HD...
  11. I

    Deep litter with hardware cloth floor

    hi all, just finished our coop and due to some conflicting advice, we ended up installing a hardware cloth floor inside the coop (coop is raised off the ground about 2 feet). However, I had wanted to use the deep litter method in the coop, and in fact just came home with a couple of bales of...
  12. Toctoc

    Bedding preferences

    Hi, I am planning in building a new coop this spring, but I can't decide on the type of bedding to use .. . I have sand in my run right now and it makes clean up a cinch, but I like the idea of the deep litter method for extra warmth in the winter ( I live in New England).. . I'm curious what...
  13. Ben's Small Chicken Coop

    Ben's Small Chicken Coop

    This coop was bought second hand in bad condition: I have sinced fixed/cleaned it and have added my own little tweaks. Here is the new coop! Features: 3 nesting box's, a gas strut, A roosting bar (soon to be maybe another), Chicken run, And also Kiwi laying her egg for today. (WILL...
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    • Category: Small Coops
  14. Orit

    Old Leaves

    I have been reading a lot about the deep litter method, as well as using dry leaves. I raked up leaves last year and shredded and bagged them. I had intended on using them in my compost but only ended up using a bit. I still have 4 bags sitting in my shed that are over a year old. Question...
  15. OG Anomaly

    Winter Humidity, Ventilation, Frostbite & Purple Spots Questions

    Hi :), I live near Buffalo, NY and we're experiencing some pretty frigid weather (as is most of the Eastern part of the country & Canada, apparently) and it's due to get worse for the next three days. It's already been down to -3F and we are supposed to get windchills between -25F & -30F for...
  16. Elmochook

    Deep litter help

    I have dirt floors in both of my runs so i decided to start trying to build stuff up in there. Leafs are what i started with and the chickens loved them but it takes a LOT of leafs for me to get it "deep" in there so i went and bought 1 hay bale and spread it all over in both pens and now its...
  17. Krazyquilts

    Who needs cats when you have chickens?!?!

    My husband finally got around to taking some bags of partially decomposed deep litter duck bedding and dumping them in our compost area. The chickens were thrilled, especially when a mouse ran out! It took approximately 2 seconds for a hen to pounce on it and about 2 seconds after that for the...
  18. D

    New to deep litter

    My three girls (baby picture to the left) have been in a chicken tractor since April. I've been happy with that setup, but since it is getting into winter and the tractor won't work in snow and ice, I'm parking it, adding a run extension and switching to deep litter. I just added about 6" of...
  19. moco27

    Deep litter done right

    I started deep litter several years ago using the methods that everyone claims to have had success using. It' didn't work for me, it smelled clumped/matted was a ton of work and didn't look like I was doing my chickens a service by using it. I tried straw first and noticed that it made a thick...
  20. Sunshine Flock

    Reasons NOT to use sand in a chicken coop or run

    This is my first year raising chickens, but I wasn't hatched from an egg yesterday. From my months of research, I've learned that lots of folks love sand in the coop or run. For the same reason I don't use clay kitty litter, I refuse to use sand: it's not compostable, and it has a carbon...
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