Trying this Whole Deep Litter Thing!

[Imthgirl]

Okay, so I am new to this whole chicken thing and very excited! My husband built a beautiful coop with run and my 6 girls are already enjoying it! I live in Florida, so of course right now its like 95 degress outside! HOTTTT!!! I decided to do the Deep Littler Method and it seems to be working great. No smell and really not that many flies. But I just read a thread on here and it seems like everyone uses this method for the winter to keep the chickens warm. Is this something that I should be doing here in Florida??? My girls seems to like to dig a hole and get in the dirt below to cool off. I just wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing by them. And FYI: my coop itself has hardware cloth as the bottom so I am only using the DL method for the run itself.

Thanks for any input you can give me...I just want my girls to be happy and as cool as they can be!

 

[chicknadventure]

Hey florida! I am in florida too. And i am doing deep littee. Its been raining like ceazy this week and i started to regret it but i went out and fluffed it this afternoon and love it again with the heat you cang et a kiddie pool in the shade and put some dirt into it for them ti dust bathe.

 

[Imthgirl]

Thanks Stephanie for your advise. I really appreciate it and yes it has been raining like crazy here! But I just went out and "fluffed" it and added more DE and it is doing great! Thanks for the suggestion about the dirt pool...I am sure my girls would love that!

Thanks again