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The Deep Liter Method is a method used to minimize the cleaning needed while caring for chickens. While the method may be applied to other animals, it is primarily thought of as a poultry care method.

Deep Litter consists of roughly 6 inches of liter on the bottom of the chicken coop. This can be leaves, grass clippings, earth and other compost ready material. The liter must be mixed in such a way as to encourage the naturally occurring bacteria in the soil to compost the chicken manure in place. Weekly or as needed more liter is added to the pile. Once every six months that liter pile is removed and a new batch is started.

This method greatly reduces the amount of time needed to care for coop cleaning for small scale poultry keepers.