Possible problems if I use wood chips in coop and run, with deep litter method?
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What’s your DL?Greetings and welcome to BYC. I used wood chips extensively, mixed with lots of green stuff and leaves and such for my DL in both coop and run. Lots of good info, knowledge, and experience shared in the threads. Browse around and make yourself at home.
When we built the coop & run we first put down hardware cloth in the run and 2” sand. We want to put wood chips over that. The coop is elevated so chix can go under the coop and have more run area.More info please. Is your coop soil floor or wood floor? If soil floor, and if chips are aged a bit, and you have adequate ventilation, you should be good to go. Adequate drainage is important if soil floor.
If wood floor, still same advice. But, you won't get the decomposition that you will get if you have a soil floor. I generally use softer materials in my DLM in coop with wood floor, but use wood chips in run as my energy level allows!