Benefits of Raising Backyard Chickens

The Beginners Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens

Keeping the chicken run and coop clean and smell free is a whole job. We use a “deep litter” method in our run. I add in mulch regularly and they break it down. Every few weeks I go in and pull back the top layers of mulch to get down to the composted material. So far I’ve been using the compost in my back areas of the garden. This works for us. There are so many different materials you can use in your run like sand, gravel, hemp etc. The most important thing you can do for smell is keep the run