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643 points throwaway5752 | 3 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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colonial ◴[05 Feb 25 16:58 UTC] No.42951468[source]▶
Yup, bird flu moment. I'm very glad my family put up a chicken coop in our backyard years ago; we get a ~carton a day, and they last forever even outside the fridge due to the natural "sealant" still being intact.

Hopefully store prices will come down as the year goes on and flocks bounce back.

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1. gretch ◴[05 Feb 25 18:58 UTC] No.42953385[source]▶
I've been thinking about this for a while as well

A question if you have time to answer - How many birds per sq meter do you have? What's your total land area? And how do you deal with accumulation of chicken poop?

Thanks

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2. jkestner ◴[05 Feb 25 22:04 UTC] No.42955930[source]▶
With a coop, it's a bit like a litter box. We put down hay, and change it out with the poop every couple of weeks, into a compost pile.

Chickens are way easier than a dog or cat day-to-day, with distributed risk.

3. colonial ◴[06 Feb 25 06:26 UTC] No.42959634[source]▶
Off the top of my head:

* Maybe 0.25 birds/square meter? There's ~12 total (we raise some for slaughter now, so it fluctuates) and they have a large enclosed outdoor area attached to the much smaller (6m^2, perhaps a bit more) indoor coop.

* Several acres. We let them free roam during the day with someone to supervise, but otherwise they have to stay secured (coyotes.)

* Inside the coop, the standard way is the "deep litter" method. You cover the floor in several inches of pine shavings and turn it over with a rake daily. Add a new bag of shavings here and there, and cycle it out completely maybe twice a year. The old bedding makes for good compost. If it doesn't smell, then you're good. For the outdoor area, we just auger it over and add mulch/soil around the same time the bedding is replaced.

(Note - tending to the birds hasn't been in my wheelhouse for a while, so don't take this as gospel!)