Stinnnnky

[gsim]

I don't mean to be a party pooper,

but I use grass clippings with some leaves only, over linoleum. I have linoleum-covered poop planks under roosts and scrape daily in AM. ( Goes to garden in wintertime, compost in warmer weather.) Coop is 8 x 16 with 4 windows, 2 gable vents, and 1 turbine vent. KThis time of year until springtime, I close windows down to 1" crack every eve. No odors within a few minutes after I do the scraping and none all day long. Litter will be changed every spring. It is around 4 to 6 inches deep. Have not needed anything else to date. 24 chooks about 5 1/2 months old. Great thing is, it is free all year long. Could be that dried grass is absorbent enough to take care of any odors? Whatever the explanation, it is free and plentiful.

 

[ChookHappy]

Do they sell it through this website? It didn't seem as though you could.

 

[KMHunter]

The feed stores in my area all sell it. I wasn't sure which one either when I went to buy it, so I read the ingredients. They may all be relatively safe, but I am a believer of fewer ingredients means fewer things that can be an issue.

 

[lngrid]

Thank you so much for explaining more clearly. You guys are so patient with someone who is so ignorant!

 

[BigBen]

Yes they are. You asked all the questions that I had, so I sat back and watched.
I'm hoping to pick up some Stall Dry this weekend.

 

[teach1rusl]

Do you use dropping boards?? If not, you should give them a try! I get very little poop in my coop bedding, because most of it goes on the dropping boards, which I scrape off daily (1 minute job). I pick up the few droppings in the bedding, toss the old around a bit to freshen, and throw in a little more bedding once per week. My daily "chores" inside the coop take maybe 5 minutes most days...

 

[BigBen]

I need to build a dropping board. Till I do I will start scooping under there roost.

 

[lngrid]

And I can't have chickens because they're illegal here. But I'm working on changing the law and making a list of what to have, make and do when the law is changed.

 

[SteveandJayneO]

I bought stall dri this afternoon. My run is a muddy mess and suddenly smells horrible. Do I just sprinkle it on top the ground or turn the dirt?

 

[BigBen]

I sprinkle it then thow out some scratch. The dig around for the scratch and it turns in the stall dri.