Fuhoo
In the Brooder
I'm brooding two separate batches of chicks, one in the coop (on wood) and another in the run (on sand). I cover the both brooding areas in pine shavings and that has worked decently well for the past month.
I've been noticing and increase in "funk" though, equally in both brooders, and it's a bit troubling. It didn't smell like this before but boy it sure does now.
Do you guys just pile on more pine shavings and mix it up, or do you just dump them out into the compost pile and replace them with fresh shavings? Is it different depending on what's below the shavings? (soil or coop floor).
Pine shavings I use are coarse, dust-free, sold as "Horse Bedding" for stables by a local farm.
I've been noticing and increase in "funk" though, equally in both brooders, and it's a bit troubling. It didn't smell like this before but boy it sure does now.
Do you guys just pile on more pine shavings and mix it up, or do you just dump them out into the compost pile and replace them with fresh shavings? Is it different depending on what's below the shavings? (soil or coop floor).
Pine shavings I use are coarse, dust-free, sold as "Horse Bedding" for stables by a local farm.