i"m a fan of the deep litter method too...I used straw and it worked well. I cleaned my coop every 4 months or so...and twice a year i'd spray the sides of the coop down with bleach water. It will be interesting to see what the chickens do with hay, I bet they'll spend a lot of time picking it over to get out the seeds...it will keep them busy! plus they will spread the hay around for you.
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I'm expecting to happen, but time will tell, I'm going to go a year, the pine shavings lasted a year, I just added extra as it broke down. Next year I'm going to try a free method.
@PraxisPrepper
4 ай бұрын
I use a mix of pine and hay and it's been working okay here. I used to use a snow shovel for cleaning too. :)
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
If I see it's not working as expected, I'll throw some wood chips in, the snow shovel worked great lol
@PraxisPrepper
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead I bet the hay works great for you too as long as it doesn't get too damp in the lower layers and molds or anything like that.
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
@PraxisPrepper the pine shavings I pulled out was dry, that was actually a concern about building a deep litter coop here in the tropics, but it worked perfectly, everyone that came to see the coop said the same thing...it doesn't smell. It's working great because of proper ventilation, a year of research went in before building.
@PraxisPrepper
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead Awesome. The new coop here's doing well too. I just flipped the radon tube back on now that the nights are getting warm again (to give the chickens air conditioning). I'll be monitoring for excess moisture in my coop over the next few weeks to be sure it's okay for summer use. It's wonderful coming up with projects (as you and I do) and seeing them develop and function. :)
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
@@PraxisPrepper Agreed 👍
@marygallagher3428
4 ай бұрын
The chickens look healthy and happy 🙂 I hope the hay works out well for you.
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
Straw and hey have been used as bedding for animals for thousands of years, deep litter method isn't new either, it's been reintroduced back to the public, some say it's thousands of years old as well, if this is true, it should work fine, modern bedding didn't exist in ancient times, I'm on a Island, if WW3 breaks out, transportation cargo ships will supply the war, the Jones act prevents non American ships bringing cargo to Puerto Rico, I'm actually preparing for this, I want to be as self sufficient as possible.
@joeprimal2044
4 ай бұрын
Just bought some hay, $20 in CA. Bananas are about $.50 a pound. Cute little guys. That’s a pretty good hatch out. We usually get 50 - 60%
@Brennor21
4 ай бұрын
When I was a kid my mom had ducks and chickens, we used hay as bedding. Worked great for nesting material. It was horrible for the manure, it just created a layer of **it that would not mix with the layer of hay below it. I would suggest cutting the hay to one inch length so it could be easily mixed and see how that works. The amount of manure chickens produce will soon enough have a thick layer of poo that will not mix with the layer beneath it. You will end up removing the poop layer with a pitchfork just to get it out, yeah.....not fun at all, its a weekly affair. Good luck, and nice to see the little peepers doing well.
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
Did she do deep litter?...it's a deep litter experiment, if it doesn't work, trust me when I say I will put up a video, hey is organic material, it's not really absorbent, but it should break down faster than wood shavings, so if you are correct, I'm going to find out .
@Brennor21
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead You would think it would break down faster but it did not, it just turned into a layer of manure that the chickens would not scratch through. Since it was a layer of poop it started to stink due to not drying out like in wood chip. Hopefully you have better luck.
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
@Brennor21 In deep litter you just throw more hey on top of poop 💩, like making a chicken poop 💩 lasagna, all organic material breaks down with enough time, same exact thing happened with the shavings, and all I did was throw more shavings on top. To explain easier, I'm making compost inside the coop, the reason the coop is not cleaned perfectly is to inoculate new bedding with healthy microbes and bacteria that break down organic material, chicken poop contains these microbes and bacteria in their poop 💩, that's why deep litter works the way it does...but he'll, you might be right, so let's wait together to see what happens.
@CluckinAround
4 ай бұрын
Cute baby chicks!
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
All these are from blue and green eggs, I have some nice multi color chicks.
@Survivalgardener
4 ай бұрын
Good looking chicken setup!
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
I'm going to try to grow passion fruit in the chicken run, I'm growing it in a large pot because passion fruit is invasive, I have it caged up , chickens love passion fruit leaves, I want to create natural shade in the run.
@Survivalgardener
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead That's a good idea!
@felixdacat6572
4 ай бұрын
Nice to know the lights in the Chicken Bunker work...Thanks for the heads up on the Power Outtages..(I will bring my Pacakble Solar Panels and Rechargeables)....(I'm headed for Costa Azul, Luquillo 5/3-5/11) on a family road trip of the Island...If I'm in your neck of the woods and see the Chicken Bunker on the road during my travels I'll give you a shout and check in at the perimeter security gate with the Goose and Goat patrol....Otherwise keep doin what ur doin...lookin good.👍👍
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up, I'll start clearing up lol...working everyday, the cleaning backs up lol, luckily I already started cleaning outside, this month I start preparing for hurricane season, so I'm obligated to cleanup.
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
If this happens, you have to come out in a video lol
@felixdacat6572
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead Yeah...I was reading from several sources that this hurricane season is thought to be more active and lengthy than last year..(But there is no such thing as climate change wink, wink, 😉😉)
@felixdacat6572
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead 🤣🤣 Praxis and Hupples might get jealouse.
@felixdacat6572
4 ай бұрын
@@MosaicHomestead 😄😄 I can't promise anything, I gotta see what the kids itinerary is...No need to clean up on my account, but the thoughtfulness and hospitality is appreciated.
@timnelson6334
Ай бұрын
Impressive coop.
@MosaicHomestead
Ай бұрын
@timnelson6334 I built it for hurricane season, hurricane Maria killed 98% of my chickens.
@joeprimal2044
4 ай бұрын
Bro found a snow shovel in PR. 😂 As far as what I would do if I couldn’t find bedding, we never use any bedding. In the spring my wife shovels up accumulated poop for the garden.
@heidi22209
2 ай бұрын
I come for the information. I stay for the chicks. 🎉
@MosaicHomestead
2 ай бұрын
@heidi22209 I'm incubating new ones, someone fell in love with them, came to buy 2 and bought them all lol
@deervalleyhomestead
4 ай бұрын
What breed are the brown chickens ? They look similar to my lohmans
@MosaicHomestead
4 ай бұрын
I have Rhode island reds, 2 brown easter Eggers and about 2 that I don't really know what they are lol, I also have brown jungle fowl, but they don't sleep in the coop.
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