Having chickens means dealing with a dirty coop once in a while. I read about a "manure management plan" that made sense to me. You clean out the coop in the spring and leave it alone for a year. We can do that! The idea is that the manure will build up over the summer and compost a bit in the winter, providing some heat in the coldest months.
Today was the annual coop cleaning. My ten-year-old twins took turns going inside the coop and scooping everything out. It was dirty work, but they did a great job, don't you think?
They spread several inches of nice clean straw after they were done and it was like a brand new coop.
The old manure is on the compost pile now, cooking away for the next year when it will be wonderful on our garden next spring.
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