Do chickens make much mess?
Chickens are clean creatures as long as their coop is kept clean however they do poo a lot! To clean out your coop, you should scrape the poo out and clean it out thoroughly once a week. Your girls will keep themselves looking their best if they can fluff around in a dusty patch in your backyard. Doing this also helps them get rid of any lice or other bugs from their feathers naturally. If you don’t have a dusty patch in your yard, a clay planter dish filled with fine dirt and sand is fine. Chickens can make a huge mess in your yard much like a scrub turkey, so if you have new garden beds, we recommend covering these as they can get very excited about the newly laid mulch and the prospect of worms under it.
