Brown vs Green for deep litter

[Pats Poultry]

Good Morning All,
I have read a ton about deep litter on the site but I can not find anything on how much green material to add to the litter and when. I only have three chicks 14 to 18 weeks old and am only throwing a couple of hands full of fruits and veggies out for them but they seem to eating all that I give them so I don't think that there is much left for the deep litter. My question is, should I be throwing more that a few hands full of the green stuff in there. Is there a good ratio out there of how much green material should be added to the run. There run is 8 X 20. I hope that all makes sense. Please advise and thank you

Pat

 

[aart]

The chicken poop is the green....really no need to add more.
Is this in your coop or your run?

 

[ChickenMammX4]

We have all kinds of "litter" in our run, probably about 6" deep. Each spring we rake/clean it out down to the earth and till that beautiful compost into our garden. It's a mixture of straw, hay, grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, landscape debris, fruit & veggies.

 

[Pats Poultry]

The chicken poop is the green....really no need to add more.
Is this in your coop or your run?

This in in the run and that is great to know. I will continue on with the fruits and veggies

 

[aart]

Quote: The whole idea of having a good mix of browns in your run is for them to break down the 'green' poop.
The fruits and veggies should not be a problem......
...except when they eat too much fruit it can give them the runs,
not a problem for the 'compost' but not so great for the birds.