First time chicken owner and I think I’m messing up?
I got a lot of topsoil- 50%half purple cow + 50%aged chicken manure for my raised beds. I had sooo much left over, the farmer I got from said it was fine to use in my run. I’ve been cleaning & scooping out the soil every week (sometimes twice a week). I use first Saturday lime for bugs and that was going great the first few weeks, but now there are SO many bugs. After digging and scooping this past week, I found lots of maggots Should I be using something different in the run?
I got a lot of topsoil- 50%half purple cow + 50%aged chicken manure for my raised beds. I had sooo much left over, the farmer I got from said it was fine to use in my run. I’ve been cleaning & scooping out the soil every week (sometimes twice a week). I use first Saturday lime for bugs and that was going great the first few weeks, but now there are SO many bugs. After digging and scooping this past week, I found lots of maggots Should I be using something different in the run?