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Pantry Chat - Homesteading Family

No More Stinky Chicken Coops! Use the DEEP LITTER METHOD instead! | Pantry Chat

Pantry Chat - Homesteading Family

Homesteading Family

Home & Garden, Arts, Food, How To, Leisure, Education

5640 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

What is the deep litter method when it comes to raising backyard chickens? It's a way to keep healthy, happy chickens in a stink-free coop (no ammonia smell) by piling up shavings into a deep bed on the floor. If you use this method, the deep bedding also creates garden-ready compost simultaneously. Join me with Harvey Ussery as we discuss everything you need to know about getting started and maintaining the deep litter method in your chicken coop. For more information, visit the blog post...

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0:00.0

Hey you guys, it's Carolyn from homesteading family. Now I've been preserving food for almost two decades,

0:05.7

and there are times I wish I could go back to my younger self and tell her what I now know. I wasted so many

0:13.6

hours sweating over hot canners and using untested recipes that resulted in wasted food. But while I can't go back in time, I can share

0:24.6

what I've learned over the years with you guys. So I'm hosting a free live online training

0:31.7

coming up on Thursday, June 19th, all about preserving. I'm sharing the lessons I wish I'd learn sooner, how to decide which preserving methods

0:42.4

to use when, and the basic steps to my top seven methods, and what you can do right now

0:49.7

to increase your food security.

0:51.4

So register now at homesteadingfamily.com forward slash podcast

0:56.6

dash live training. That's all one word. Now don't worry if you can't actually make it to the

1:03.3

live event, remember, it's online. You don't have to show up in person. But if you can't make it

1:08.8

even online on Thursday, June 19th, there will be a replay,

1:12.9

but you do have to be registered for this free event even to get access to the replay.

1:18.8

So register at homesteadingfamily.com forward slash podcast dash live training.

1:27.0

Hey, you guys, this is Josh with Homesteading Family and welcome to this week's episode of

1:31.8

the pantry chat food for thought.

1:34.5

And as you can see today, Carolyn is not here, but I have a really, really exciting guest,

1:39.4

my friend Harvey Hussery.

1:41.5

And many of you may know of him from his book. It's pretty much the Bible on

1:47.7

rearing backyard and homestead chickens. It's called the small scale poultry flock. And it's also

1:55.6

just, you just had a revised edition come out, right, Harvey, this fall here? Yes, went on sale the first of this month.

2:03.7

All right.

2:04.4

So we'll talk about that more in a minute, but we're going to be talking about deep

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