Kaesi2020
Songster
Hi all, we have a roofed run attached to our coop. It is exposed to the elements on two sides (whole thing covered in hardware cloth) It has dirt ground and pine shavings which we have been adding to since April when we built it. We do not clean it out on a regular basis or anything, we just let the chickens turn the bedding over and from time to time we add more bedding. I'm wondering how often we should be completely cleaning the run out...once per year is what I have seen on some posts but I wanted to get some input based on our setup. It has never smelled before but just recently I noticed a slight ammonia smell, reminded me of the smell from a cat litter box almost. Does a full clean up mean completely emptying out all shavings till you are back down to the dirt floor and then refilling again over time? Thank you!!
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