Rocked Run

[Kmo418]

Hi everyone! I recently moved and we inherited chickens! We always wanted them so we are so very excited and loving them! I’ve been researching and I cannot find anywhere this method done for a run, any thoughts or advice? The run has large rocks and I can’t find any reason online to do this. Or any suggestion to ch age it up for it to be better for our ladies? Thanks in advance! I’ve considered filling in with construction sand or even gravel? Not sure what would be best for them.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Wow I've never seen that before. I've heard of pavers, concrete, but large rocks?

Where are you located/what's your climate like? What do you plan on doing as far as poop management (i.e. fine with scooping daily, would rather not clean regularly, etc.)

 

[Kmo418]

Wow I've never seen that before. I've heard of pavers, concrete, but large rocks?

Where are you located/what's your climate like? What do you plan on doing as far as poop management (i.e. fine with scooping daily, would rather not clean regularly, etc.)

 

[Kmo418]

Honestly I’m so new! I just want what will be the best for them and their health!! We’ve been changing inside part of the coop to the deep litter method. We are in NC. I think previous owners would hose it off every so often.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I don't know how feasible it would be to remove some of those rocks, but that's the first thing I'd look at.

Then I would do either deep litter or sand in the run, depending on what's easier for you to source, whether you want a composting system (DL) or plan on scooping daily/regularly (sand), and if your run location tends towards wet (DL) or dry (sand). The last one might be hard to answer until you've lived there a while, to see how the winds and rains blow around the run and if there's any puddling or pooling near the run location.