This coop I built awhile back has what they call deep liter bedding system. The base is 12" high like a large liter box with a drop down door for easy cleaning. We started out with 4" of pine wood shavings then added as needed to keep the manure covered. Most people only clean once a year. This is our first year of cleaning it from nine months ago. I'm empressed how easy it was to clean. I pushed the liter back from the door, dropped the door down, backed my trailer up & started shoveling. I hauled away three full trailer loads to the garden. I seen very little droppings because most were already decomposed with the wood chips. It covered our entire garden of 24x50. I'll probably have to focus on my soil because of the high nitrogen now. I know chicken manure is a hot fertilizer. It will be another month or so before we plant so I think I'll be ok especially since most was already composted. Any suggestions on adding chicken manure to the garden let me know.
