Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: RubyRed on November 11, 2018, 16:17

Title: Wood ash.
Post by: RubyRed on November 11, 2018, 16:17

 Tis the season for using the woodburner. Could I use the ash to put in areas where hens dust bathe. We only use wood with nails or tacks. Thanks

Title: Re: Wood ash.
Post by: New shoot on November 11, 2018, 21:00

I've not tried it, but ash is so fine and flies about so easily, I would be worried about them breathing it in tbh. 

Title: Re: Wood ash.
Post by: grinling on November 14, 2018, 22:03

Sooty loves dust bathing in ash, I try to pick put the nails.

Title: Re: Wood ash.
Post by: John on November 20, 2018, 00:15

Easy way to get the nails out - a magnet. You can buy them cheaply enough on Ebay. Just drag it through the ashes.

Title: Re: Wood ash.
Post by: rowlandwells on November 20, 2018, 15:52

John your a wealth of information because I was going to say that we have a log burner and we don't burn anything but wood some tree wood and some reclaimed timber with many nails I firstly sieve the ash then use my old magnet I got out of an old radio to remove the nails because tractor tyres and nails don't really mix

after sorting the ash I bag it and it goes down the allotments mainly for my onion beds