Yesterday, I finally dismantled the temporary coop in the back half of the run. There were plenty of pine shaving in it that I just piled up. Afterwards I dump some DE into the pine shavings. Within an hour, the chickens had scratched the pine shavings all over...DE all over them as they did; they also decided to sit and relax in the DE pine shavings. I also put a generous amount in each nesting box and over the pine shavings inside the coop. I completed forgot about the bag of pulverized lime I bought; I'll spread that today.
I'm praying we'll stay warm now… I ran out of heating oil yesterday evening. No other heat available except a small fan heater (and a horrible electric "fire" that smells and makes more noise than give off heat, so I refuse to use it)