The Kickback

[TesoroSena]

Deep litter method makes my life with quail easier.

What’s that??

 

[TeresaW]

What’s that??

You fill the bottom of their cage with a few inches of a mixture of sand, dirt, and mulch. The birds naturally scratch around in it and mix it up. It composts down, and every now and again you add a few more handfuls of the mixture.

No scooping poop. No smell. Once a year or so, you remove at least half of the mixture and add more fresh stuff.

It's inexpensive, easy to upkeep, and very effective.

 

[Logar]

What’s that??

its where you have a layer of bedding that is around 6-12 inches deep (at least for chickens) and it makes it so you only have to change it out a couple times a year. At least that is the very short and simple answer.

 

[TesoroSena]

You fill the bottom of their cage with a few inches of a mixture of sand, dirt, and mulch. The birds naturally scratch around in it and mix it up. It composts down, and every now and again you add a few more handfuls of the mixture.

No scooping poop. No smell. Once a year or so, you remove at least half of the mixture and add more fresh stuff.

It's inexpensive, easy to upkeep, and very effective.

That sounds very easy! Our chickens get so many flies with changing it once a week I wish can you only do it with like small coops or

 

[Logar]

its where you have a layer of bedding that is around 6-12 inches deep (at least for chickens) and it makes it so you only have to change it out a couple times a year. At least that is the very short and simple answer.

I dont like it personally

 

[TesoroSena]

I dont like it personally

Why?

 

[TeresaW]

The deep litter method makes for natural environment and is easy on their feet. No wire bottom and no catch pans to clean.

It gives them plenty of spaces for taking a dirt bath, no need for a separate pan of sand, which they send flying everywhere. So there is less dust.

 

[riss]

Pictures from the skybridge

 

[TeresaW]

I dont like it personally

I love it. For me it was a game changer because my button quail live inside my house.

At first I tried just sand. I had to poop scoop every single day and it still stank. And oh, the dust!

 

[TesoroSena]

Pictures from the skybridge

Those are so gorgeous omg it looks like you had fun!!