Chicken Coop Design: Ventilation & Deep Litter with Matt DuBois of Carolina Coops
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Chicken Coop Design: Ventilation & Deep Litter with Matt DuBois of Carolina Coops

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 10, 202659 min

send us an email and be sure to include your address so we can respond! Does keeping chickens really have to mean constant coop cleaning? Matt Dubois of Carolina Coops joins Jennifer Bryant and Carey Blackmon to discuss how thoughtful coop design can make backyard chicken keeping easier. We explore Matt’s approach to deep litter, why ventilation matters in every season, and how space, moisture management, and predator protection shape a functional chicken coop. In this episode: • Deep litter explained—and why sand is a different approach • Ventilation versus drafts, includin...

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out there in the henchants at Forest at the factory and they're in the coop so you know We can show people the coops in operation because a lot of people don't believe until they come kick the tires pop the hood about The deep litter system and our philosophy and raising backyard chickens You listen in a poultry nerds

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