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[Ness3103]

my wir is on soil and i was wondering if i could top it up with some nice top soil. i'm going to give it all a good clean out soon and put stalosan down, but thought it would be nice to just top up as obviously i'll have raked up and thrown most of it away.

[ubereglu]

That sounds like a reasonable idea and means the chickens have something extra to scratch through.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Certainly wouldn't do any harm . I just fill it up with new bedding though - it soon gets dug into the remaining soil anyway.

[Ness3103]

i just enjoy spoiling my girls a little bit and the earth in the wir is so hard and compacted that once i rake up the old bedding they'll have to scratch sooo hard to loosen it. so i thought a nice bit of soil would be good and give them something else to do

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm sure they'll love it . Nice for a bit of dustbathing too .

[Plum]

More spoilt chickens

[Ness3103]

very spoilt but totally worth it oh got excited because i was talking about making ice lolly's the other day, then he realised i meant for the girls

[Space Chick]

Yes, I know that feeling

 

OH reckons I spoil the girls more than I spoil him. Truth is its probably true

[beach chick]

I always lob the contents of plant pots into the run - they love scratching through the roots for grubs, and the earth just disappears anyway! (cheaper than new topsoil?) also grobags etc are good for this.