Smell Concern??

[patandchickens]

The main cause of smell (other than poor sanitation) is DAMPNESS. The way to minimize chances of smell and flies is to do everything you can to keep your run very, very dry. This is much more effectively done by good engineering and design than by planning to rely on stall powders and such, although powders can occasionally be useful in a patch of unusually difficult weather. See my "muddy run" page, link in .sig below, for a lot of things you can do to build a run that will stay as dry as possible.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[wxdude99]

For insided the coop, you can use the "Deep Layer Method" (DLM). You put about 8 inches of pine shavings on the floor. Add some Diatamaceous (?) Earth. Use a shovel or a board to turn it over or mix it up every morning, and there's very little smell at all. You have to change out the pine shavings about once every 3 or 4 months. Once it dries, chicken poop really doesn't smell at all.