Mold on dirt feeding spot

[Chick3nLover]

Hi everyone, I live in Texas and usually summers are dry and hot but these last weeks we have gotten a lot more rain then this whole summer combined. Anyway I have a place where I feed my chickens their grain every day and it created like this packed feed and bald dirt spot in my land. But what I’m really worried about is that after it rained it molded that bald dirt/feed spot. I’ll attach some photos. How do I clean this up? Or do I even need to?

 

[igorsMistress]

Use a shovel and scrape it off, if the feed there gets moldy it can potentially make your flock sick.

 

[Chick3nLover]

Use a shovel and scrape it off, if the feed there gets moldy it can potentially make your flock sick.

Ok thank you!!! I did that and I think I’ll fill it in with dust bath material so they can use it for dust bathing.

 

[Jeanw]

I dig it out and toss it in the woods where the chickens can’t get to it.

 

[igorsMistress]

Ok thank you!!! I did that and I think I’ll fill it in with dust bath material so they can use it for dust bathing.

Good idea!