db1113
In the Brooder
I started my coop off with shavings. They were EVERYWHERE whenever I cleaned them out. So I switched to sand. I put a pretty decent layer out in half of the coop under where the chickens roost (my coop is a double shed turned into chicken house). I have scooped the poop once but there is ALWAYS poop and there always will be poop. But I noticed the coop smells nasty now. The floor is plywood and they poop all over the plywood floor also when they feed so I can't tell if it's the normal floor or the sand that stinks. Anyway the point I'm trying to get at is...is it the sand making the coop stink? or will going back to shavings (or straw) help with the smell? I'm willing to deal with shavings everywhere as long as the stench isn't that noticeable!