Here's a pic of my girls going to town on the deep litter. It's a little dry in this pic. Luckily we got some much needed rain after I took it. If we hadn't had enough that rained in from the open sides of the run I'd have gone out and sprayed it with the hose a bit. That's the only maintenance I do lately. That and tossing in some yard waste every once in a while. I haven't scooped a poop in 3 months and I've got no smell or flies at all. We're getting our hot and humid weather now but you can stand right next to the coop and all you smell is mulch. If you look close you can see wood chips, straw, hay, shavings and some corn husks and cobs.
I used to have sand. Got a horrible stink in the spring when the rain and snow melt saturated the ground. I'd scooped nice dry sand twice a day all winter long and still had an odor issue once it got wet. Won't ever go back to sand. But I digress... Here's the pic.
I used to have sand. Got a horrible stink in the spring when the rain and snow melt saturated the ground. I'd scooped nice dry sand twice a day all winter long and still had an odor issue once it got wet. Won't ever go back to sand. But I digress... Here's the pic.
