[crem]

Can someone please advise me on what i can use to give my coop a ggod spring clean?
I ideally want to scrub it down, poultry sheild it and dust with diatom. What i don't know is whcih cleaners are safe.

thanks

Crem

[happychickens]

Hi

When the weather looks like its going to be lovely all day I get the hot water and something along the line of stardrops and scrub perches etc and then use a mop to dry it out as much as possible, the my preference is a strongish solution of jeyes fluid - it all needs to be done first thing to give the house time to dry and air before the chickens come in to go to bed - then weekly I jeyes the house and use dust products as well but not always a strong solution of jeyes - you just need to make sure you have enough time for everything to dry and air for several hours - there are other options out there in the market place which gives you the choice of choosing your own product range - if you have a farm supply shop in your area they tend to have a poultry section and are usually helpful for advice.  Happy cleaning

[Casey76]

You can use normal houshold detergent

[GrannieAnnie]

I still use jeyes fluid, then poultryshield and hemexsan once the jeyes has dried.

[orchardlady]

Have a look at this post. Very clearly written by the sites resident oracle.

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=70436.0


Orchardlady