I've never tried that. I usually shovel it out before it's too heavy for me to lift.
Looks good. How deep do you think it is in your pic @dmm1976 ?
Looks good. How deep do you think it is in your pic @dmm1976 ?
First Clean Out Of Deep Litter @ 7 months.
I have to admit I was skeptical of this method. Not cleaning out the coop regularly and replacing the bedding went against my inner clean freak.
However, after 7 months of just stirring and topping off the bedding , here is the results. I'm very pleased. With only my 6 hens I could of probably went a whole year. But I wanted this to kickstart my compost for spring.
You can actually see where it looks like there is dirt mixed in the bedding but Ive only been using pine shavings.
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I'm replacing about 1/2 the bedding, leaving some of the old that has the good bacteria as farmer Google suggests.
Also there is zero smell. It just smells like sawdust.
However, after 7 months of just stirring and topping off the bedding , here is the results. I'm very pleased. With only my 6 hens I could of probably went a whole year. But I wanted this to kickstart my compost for spring.
You can actually see where it looks like there is dirt mixed in the bedding but Ive only been using pine shavings.
I'm replacing about 1/2 the bedding, leaving some of the old that has the good bacteria as farmer Google suggests.
Also there is zero smell. It just smells like sawdust.
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