Ok, so I’ve been going outside this past week after light rain and the run SMELLS! it is plain dirt, and never smelt during the summer. I rake it every once in a while. Even after taking today, it still smells. My neighbor keeps overwatering their yard and flooding my chicken run (the drain is right outside the run door). There has been light rain and that’s when I started smelling. I need something that’ll help keep fresh, the coop/run is on a slant towards the drain, so water doesn’t stay put in the coop.
I use deep litter w pine shavings inside the coop. There is no smell there.
I was looking into pea gravel. My chickens free range from the time I wake up till sundown (6:30), the only time their in the run is for a bit in the morning until I wake up. I’ve heard pros and cons about pea gravel. My plan would be thrown down a coop deodorizer on the dirt, then put pea gravel on top of that.
Is this a good idea, to keep down the smell, while also being lower maintenance?
Or what other ideas are there?
I use deep litter w pine shavings inside the coop. There is no smell there.
I was looking into pea gravel. My chickens free range from the time I wake up till sundown (6:30), the only time their in the run is for a bit in the morning until I wake up. I’ve heard pros and cons about pea gravel. My plan would be thrown down a coop deodorizer on the dirt, then put pea gravel on top of that.
Is this a good idea, to keep down the smell, while also being lower maintenance?
Or what other ideas are there?