Backyard keepers quickly learn that the same scratching that keeps chickens content can turn a tidy coop into a mess of kicked-out shavings. When bedding spills into the run or yard, it wastes money, ...

Keeping your chicken coop clean is important all year round. More care needs to be taken in the winter when the birds are inside over longer periods of time. Credit: Gabor Degre / BDN Once the weather ...

Using dry leaves as chicken coop bedding gives you a natural, free chicken bedding option to last through fall and into winter. I’ll tell you a dirty little secret: I haven’t used bedding in most of ...

Chickens raised on floor system spend the rest of their lives in constant contact with litter, lying on it, bathing in it and constantly scratching it looking for spilled feed or pebbles to swallow.

The Delmarva region is a significant center for poultry production, with over 600 million chickens raised in 2024 (Delmarva Chicken Association, 2025). Regionally, the poultry industry generates a ...