Chicken Run

Woodchip or straw is great ground cover in chicken runs. Woodshavings are best used inside the henhouse. Chickens will easily destroy a patch of grass. Provide something for the chickens to perch on in the run such as wood logs.

In the autumn collect fallen leaves and put them in the run for the chickens. They will enjoy it for a good old rummage. The leaves also contain earwigs and other insects that they love to find, and chew up!