Basic Question I think

Hi,

  Sorry to keep bothering everyone but finally have found a breeder that has Polands and she said that next week they would be ready to come to me. 

  so so so excited!!

  But I can't remember a blasted thing I learned 8 months ago at my chicken course GRRR!

  I have an eglu so before they come I was going to clean everything and get set up from what I remember ( which is very very vague sorry) I should wash with soap and water and a dash of vinegar?  then put paper down with some wood shavings is this where I put Diatom?  Think I was also to put shredded strips of newspaper in laying nest area.  And in the run area to put wood chips natural ones that is!

 Please let me know if I have this completely wrong feel like I have read tons of stuff and one says do this and then another says no do that the breeder said to use Elephant grass ?  Looked like straw to me but didn't look dusty.  I know not to put anything dusty.  I have read around her something about Hempcore or Rapport or something like that where do you put that in the run area or in the bottom of the floor of the coop. 

  Think I am just getting scared and trying to rethink things!  Thanks for your help!


 

I have never cleaned my eglu with anything stronger than a tiny bit of washing up liquid.  They just don't need anything stronger.  I would never use Jeyes in it !!!

Hemcore or Aubiose in the drippings tray and in the nest box (with a sheet of kitchen towel to stop it going through the drainage hole like an egg timer) is excellent and dust free.

I put a light sprinkle if Diatom under the dropping stray and in any joints in the plastic, also on the ends of the roosting bars whether plastic or wooden type.

Eglus are simplicity itself to keep clean.