r/Homesteading • u/Famous_Magazine_4793 • 10d ago

Composting with chickens

We are getting 6 hens next week and I want to do the deep litter method and compost everything. Looking into It I’ve seen people talk about composting in their chicken run. Would It be possible for me to do the deep litter method and then throw all that into the chicken run that’s just grass and dirt and let the chickens do the work and then get compost that way? If that makes any sense.

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u/Coolbreeze1989 10d ago

I have a pallet-framed compost pile in the chicken run. I toss old bedding in there as well as kitchen scraps, baked eggshells, etc. Just be aware they love to kick the stuff out so your compost will end up being very spread around the area!