ejcrist
Songster
I agree with BruceAZ, and not just because we live in the same area. We recently ate our first batch of Cornish Crosses that we raised in a large pen and the flies were really prevalent, unlike our layers' coop and run. The difference being the Crosses produced about 5x the manure of the layers due to their heavy eating habits. As a result I had to clean the broiler pen I kept them in everyday after they were about 3 weeks old. Even then, each time I began cleaning we were over-run with flies until the old bedding was removed. In contrast I never had any fly problems in my layers coop and run which is only cleaned every other week. Granted the coop/run is much larger on a per bird basis but even so, if they fertilized as much as the Crosses I'd probably have to clean it every third day or so. So like Bruce said, I'd clean her up good, change bedding as often as is necessary, and like veganurbanfarm said, put down more carbon material. I like pine shavings myself because they are somewhat fragrant and absorb moisture well. That'd be my recommendations.
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