how do you stir the deep litter?

Here is what I do for the deep litter method: There's about 6 inches of shavings in the coop, and I stir them around every day or every other day. Every 2 weeks or so I add about 1 cup of DE to the shavings and stir it around. I add new shavings maybe once a month.

I usually add new shavings when I notice the coop is getting a funky smell - with the deep litter method, there really shouldn't be a smell at all.

I'm assuming your coop has a dirt floor? If it does, then I probably would not stir it all the way to the bottom everyday, I would let the bottom compost.

 

WHy expend all of the energy. Throw a handful or two of scratch on it each day and the birds will mix it up for you.

 

I just take the rake once week and move it, stir it etc. and mine does just fine. I have a 8 x 12 coop and use three bags of pine shavings twice a year.
throwing the scratch around does work for me in the cooler months in the summer I could probably throw meal worms on the coop floor and they wouldn't scratch in it. It's just cooler outside and that is were they want to be.
It's 99 degree here to day and 50% humidity.