deep-litter

noun

1. denoting a system in which a number of hens are housed in one covered enclosure, within which they can move about freely, on a layer of straw or wood shavings several centimetres deep

   deep-litter system

2. kept in or produced by the deep-litter method

   deep-litter eggs

Example Sentences

It was burning a crowded, stunted growth of forest that stood in a deep litter carpet.

From Project Gutenberg