Meece31
In the Brooder
Curious how other people manage the floor of a barn. When we moved onto this acerage the was a coop in the barn( white building in pic)already. So we said cool let's have chickens! They free range and come into barn at night. They have a large area in the barn. This is year 3 and we have put straw on the ground (not completely covered!) I have not cleaned it out very often at all. Barn does not stink. Chickens have been healthy. Could this be maintained differently or better? Looking for ideas. Today I'm just raking off top layer to clean up feathers,some straw and whatever poo. We now have 40 chickens. Dried poo in the dirt cause health problems in the future?