Smelly coop

[CrazyChickenDude]

Do you ever use any kind of neutralizer or anything to help with odor

Honestly, the mulch covers it up! I am used to the odor mostly, but it can get bad. It truly is amazing how fast it goes away after it is put down.

 

[Boo623]

Honestly, the mulch covers it up! I am used to the odor mostly, but it can get bad. It truly is amazing how fast it goes away after it is put down.

I like this idea, does the mulch break down quickly I don’t want a huge pile of smelly wet build up

 

[Smuvers Farm]

@sylviethecochin , in post #4, posted a link to DLM... I suggest EVERYONE go read it. You can also do a search for Deep Litter Method or DLM in the search bar up top. I found:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threadloom/search?query=dlm forum:"9"&tab=618

Good luck!

 

[Hope Hughes]

My run is open and I have been putting all the pineshavings from the inside in the run for a while now and it had built up great!! I live in FL so it always rains here and we no longer have an issue with mud. We will also take the dry leaves and throw them in the runs. I try to feel them in the run so they scratch the ground up in there from time to time. When ever I put the new shavings(the used ones from the inside) they spend hours scratching them and spreading them out. ​

 

[JudysMuscovy]

My run is open and I have been putting all the pineshavings from the inside in the run for a while now and it had built up great!! I live in FL so it always rains here and we no longer have an issue with mud. We will also take the dry leaves and throw them in the runs. I try to feel them in the run so they scratch the ground up in there from time to time. When ever I put the new shavings(the used ones from the inside) they spend hours scratching them and spreading them out. ​

Yes! They love it!

 

[Hope Hughes]

The method works so good that my ducks sleep in my run at night and there is absolutely no smell to it at all. I also use this in my quail pens (those guys stink BAD) and it has made the smell completely go away and they enjoy the leaves and bugs in them.

Yes! They love it!

Yes they do! And so do I the smell is gone. how wet it is here and our ground is sandy all a bad mix! ​

 

[mountain chicken]

I sell it on Craig's list as compost , a 32gal bag 20 dollars lots of people use it in veg gardens, may as well make a few bucks with it ,sells fast too

I like this idea, does the mulch break down quickly I don’t want a huge pile of smelly wet build up