Coop

[LolaTroy]

Alright, so I'm getting silkies, and I heard they don't like their feet in the mud.
I have an outdoor coop with dirt ground, and it tends to rain a lot here. Should I put something down for my chickens?
Like maybe wood shaving?

 

[Kaitie09]

Wood shavings will get nasty quick if they are outside. I would suggest doing the run in sand.

 

[karlamaria]

If you can put down sand, this must be a run ? my chickens run is practically dirt to, but we let them roam the yard.

 

[MarinMama]

we have big wood chips, kind of like the stuff in playgrounds and it has not gotten gross...they dig around. every few days i spray down the run, not because the wood chips are dirty but because it has been hot and I wanted to help keep my chickens cool.