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getting hens advise please
« on: May 10, 2017, 20:49 »
hi all im picking up my 18week hens tommorow have a got everything needed i have ,layers pellets,mixed corn cider vinigar and water tips would be great thanks for keeping everything clean ect

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Re: getting hens advise please
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2017, 21:05 »
I use dust extracted wood shavings for bedding in the coop.  A decent layer can be kept clean for a few weeks by poo-picking as often as you can and topping up the shavings.  Then the coop needs a good deep clean, so you can check for red mite.

For the run, I tend to hose it down in the summer if it needs it.  Mine has a deep litter of bark and I chuck a lot of allotment greens, weeds and the like in there.

The more you do on a regular basis, the easier it will be  :)


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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2017, 06:19 »
A tub of biodri for the coop. Sprinkle it around with a smallish kitchen sieve.

If the run is undercover sprinkle it in the run as well on top of straw.

Twenty odd quidish but it lasts months and months for me. (I have three chickens)

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Re: getting hens advise please
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2017, 08:07 »
thanks ye ive turned a 6x6 shed into coop ive made 4 nest boxes off floor about 2 foot high nice big perch with board under the hang food from roof about 6inch off floor and shavings on floor , ill get some pics today for you guys , someone told me to sprinkle garden lime on poo board and floor every now and then to kill germs is that correct

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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2017, 20:48 »
I don't know much about lime but it may burn the chooks. I think it would be ok if there was no livestock present for a while.  :)
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!

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Re: getting hens advise please
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2017, 08:15 »
ye true , ive also just purchased some smite concentrate has anyone used this im thinking of putting this in spray bottle then finely spraying everything in shed while chickens are in the pen just do once a week

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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2017, 11:29 »
I haven't used this product myself, but reading up on it, it sounds good - cleans, disinfects and kills any lurking mites or eggs.

If you are using a wooden shed as a coop, it may be worth getting some plastic trays for the floor.  My coops are both plastic and came with removable trays.  It makes cleaning up very easy.  You could use gravel trays or grow bag trays from the garden centre.

The Smite still sounds like a good idea, but you might not want to spray a wet product into a wooden coop on a weekly basis over the winter. Summer would be fine, it would dry very quickly.  In winter, it might sit around, make the coop damp and encourage mould.

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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2017, 13:18 »
Agree New Shoot and any mould would cause respiratory problems for chooks.  :)



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