Humidity In Your Coop - Its Critical For Healthy Chickens

Chickens NEED aged bacteria from OLD hay with manure (cow/horse/chicken/pig) or old garden/leaves/compost that has been AGED and mixed with dirt/mulch in the new coops that you are making NOT (let me repeat this) N-O-T fresh clean hay or pine shavings.  Its best to use the same coop litter that is aged and has "coop immunity" When buying pullets or hens - you should use aged compost to start off your coop and get it established

Here's why: Would you buy new pet fish, from a pet store, that has been swimming in established aged water balanced with bacteria and then take them home and put the new fish that you purchased into FRESH pure water like purified or distilled water?  

Not a good idea because the fish would die from the sterile water. All animals need a proper place to live. Fish need OLD water with an established ecosystem AND SO DO CHICKENS!!!!! If you move chickens from a coop with established aged balanced compost into a new coop with sterile bedding this can shock the hens' system. 

Its up to you to provide the BEST BEDDING with the proper PH balance and enough ventilation (air-flow) and importantly the right humidity for your chickens

Poultry manure specifically:

Poultry manure, which is a key component of poultry compost, tends to have a neutral to moderately alkaline pH, typically in the range of 6.5-8.0  Aged and older chicken compost will generate a "natural flock immunity" to help keep chickens system balanced

 Blue Star offers pullets and hens for sale that are in the prime of health. If your coop is brand new and you put healthy chickens into a "sterile" coop there is a possibility that your chicken's immunity from diseases may be reduced. Our chickens are used to the balance of aged and old farm compost in the coops and runs. Our poultry is of sound and healthy stock due to the healthy living conditions that our chickens are exposed to each and every day.