Final stages of our new coop

[Granny Hoffman]

Hello all, we are in the final stages of our new coop, it is 12 x 14 and am planning on using the deep litter method and am wondering what type of litter you all use. We need to go the least expensive route. I am seriously considering sand but i'm not sure what would be the most cost effective and the easiest to maintain.

I am planning on posting pics after we have finished it, it maybe a month before the completion date. DH has only one day a week to work on the coop so it has been a long process, but I see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks in advance!

 

[joebryant]

Quote:
Go to TSC and buy enough pine shavings to cover the floor about four inches deep. Then find where you can buy food-grade diatomaceous earth to sprinkle over the shavings occasionally. Use the deep litter method, compost it in the fall, and put the compost on your garden in the spring.

 

[chicks4kids]

Also a good heavy duty garden rake for easy clean out