Not CLEANING Our CHICKEN COOP for 5 MONTHS! ... here's how it went
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- The deep litter method for a chicken coop requires no cleaning out of the coop but too instead but a new layer of bedding on top of the old bedding in the coop. The last 5 months we have done that and now it is time to clean the coop.
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I just want to say.. I LOVE Your channel!!
It’s very informative and you are very easy to relate to. I can tell you & your family really care about your animals ❤ and love sharing!
You come across as really down to earth, and not pretentious at all!
Thank you for being YOU!🙌👏🙏🥰❤️
Thank you so much for this Melissa. These comments make me feel very lucky to see that our videos can help even one person. Thank you for watching and wish you the best🙏🏻
As always, thanks for sharing your family and adventures with us! The chicks are looking so healthy and well, you must be doing the right things for them. Wishing you and your family a wonderful week sunshine and all good things. 👍
The best thing you can do for chicks is pay attention to them so you know they are getting what they need! Thank you for watching as always, have a great week:)
We have a droppings board under our roost that is wood, but has a removable, smooth rubber pad on it. I clean it off every day and take out the rubber to clean it with soap and water periodically. So easy! On the coop floor we use coffee grounds from Rural King. Any poop on it is sifted out like a cat litter box. So easy!
Those are great tips! Thank you
Another great video. I love how you share everything! We also do the deep litter method. At first I was turning the litter every couple days, but a couple months ago, I started throwing a little bit of scratch grains in the coop every day. Now, the chickens turn it constantly. It stays dry, there is no more poop on the eggs, and I haven’t had to add pine shavings for over a month!
The babies look so 😍 yes, it's a lot of work in spring, but worth it. After much research, when I cleaned out the coop from the deep litter method from this winter, I switched to coarse sand, and I love it! I have been doing it for a month now and I can't imagine going back to shavings. I have been wanting to do this for some time was just hesitant now I feel like slapping myself lol
Where did you source your sand from? I read about it too but wasn't sure where to find same
@@bpots717 I went with Watson Gravel Co. Went with coarse sand.
I have also heard the brand Witter, I think it's at home depot, has worked great too.
We have heard of the sand and we are hesitant to do it as well, but maybe we should try it!
@@AcresOfAdventure you could try a smaller area 1st, like under their roost bars. If someday you want to try, I'll give you more information
I suggest putting poop trays under the roosting bars, at about waist height. It will collect the 90% of the poop at night, and is real easy to sift and clean.
Thank you, that is such a great idea!
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We place a rubber mat on the floor and then put in bedding. When time to clean, we pull the mat out, take to compost pile, put it back, start over.
We were going to do that but it would be a weird fit with our coop
So funny they were like no I don’t wanna go back to the brooder. Great job.
I’m sure they loved the outdoors, we can’t wait to move them outside in about 3 weeks
Love this first song used here! I have this song saved to do a very specific video! (An intro to our channel video which I'll probably never actually get to 😂😂)
We will be cleaning our coops very soon. Deep bedding method is so helpful for long winters!
Little chickies in the sunshine!! So cute!
I bet you will get to it and we will love to watch it once you finish it!
@AcresOfAdventure that's very sweet of you! Well thank you! 😊
I 💯 agree! Hard work cleaning it out. Definitely not my favorite thing to do but we'll worth it. I never thought of putting de in the coop. I've spread it on their favorite bath.
Yes we just add some under the bedding to help with bug control
We do Deep Bedding method, we change out every 6 months. We just add to it and clean it out into our manure pile twice a year. Once at Spring (we just did it 2 weeks ago) and once at the start of fall (September???)
You do it throughout the summer as well, does it smell more then the winter?
@@AcresOfAdventure I leave the coop door open to allow air flow other than that I treat it as I would for winter. Just add to it when it gets a little smelly and no flies, no stink and no musky wet bedding. Though it may be different for anyone else. I live in South Carolina so humidity and heat are already kicking. Today hit 80 degrees.
Great stuff! I think we clean too much, so experimented with deep litter in my 3 small coops this winter, just putting DE & shavings over the poop. No mites and extra warmth! Spring clean & a couple of wheel barrows of fertilizer for the garden. Aw Splash Marans - only one of mine hatched, nougat, sadly died at a month old. Just hatched 2 araucana & 1 Cuckoo Marans (bantam). Best wishes from Shropshire.
Birds look fantastic, thanks for sharing!
Love the channel and info you give man, thank you! What part of Michigan are you in? I’m in Troy and moving to Clinton township
Fill the poop trays with sand.
I also do deep litter method but all year with a clean out in spring and fall. Are you going to expand your coop with your new additions? Love your channel. As a former Michigander love the views.❤️
We might have two different flocks, we haven’t decided just yet
awesome video and think were going to have some baby chicks in about a week one of the hens is sitting on 6 eggs
What size coop do you have for 15 chickens?
What's the rake shovel you used in cleaning the coop out?
Don't the compost bin need coverage if it rains?
you should wear a mask cleaning out coop to prevent getting sick.
Whats the name of the song in minute 4 ? 😍
How is it getting to 80 in Michigan today?? *Cries tears of PNW rain* 😭
We got 80s last week now we have snow today 🙈
We had 90s in WI all last week and yesterday it dove to low 30s, rain changed to snow of 6” and 29 tonight. Then 50s until weekend with another chance of snow. It’s been an extreme temp swing I’ve never seen here my whole life.
@@dustyflats3832 Same for us here in west central WI too! It is crazy, the plants and animals don't know what to do.
Is that a heat plate? If so, how do you like it?
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That deep litter could have easily gone another year
You should use a wheelbarrow, i think it could be easier
Don’t understand why you don’t have automatic waters and feeders
You don't need to understand. Maybe it's just their preference not to have them.
🤔 in my opinion you are throwing away perfectly fine bedding 😬🫣😅 I do deep litter too and I have only removed some frozen manure in the winter. Otherwise I haven't cleaned my coop in over a year ☺️