The Deep Litter Method??

[Wolfpup]

I only have 5 hens - but the coop and nest boxes are cleaned daily with fresh litter (soft sawdust type) in the nest boxes and the bottom of the coop has a fresh liner with the old one chucked in the compost.

Their fox-proof section of the run is hosed down daily (different sections of gravel/concrete/brickwork) - and bleached/disinfected once a week - the rest of the run is gravel over soil - and they tend to sort that out themselves when scratching for bugs and worms.

I have thought about the deep litter method but in our rainy north of England climate I think it would cause more problems than its worth.