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Rant: I used to think my hens needed a full coop clean every single week

I was at the county fair in Salem last fall and got talking to an old-timer with some prize-winning birds. He asked about my routine and just shook his head when I told him. He said, 'You're stressing them out for no good reason. A deep clean once a month is plenty if you keep up with the droppings board.' I switched to his method, just scraping the board daily, and my girls are way calmer. Has anyone else found less cleaning is actually better?
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the_ruby
the_ruby1mo ago
My neighbor in Bend told me the same thing last year.
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harper_murphy
What about mites though, don't they build up with less cleaning?
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