4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[aaronmusgrove123]

what products can i get to stop there poo from smelling and when and how much do i use and where can i get it from

thanks aaron

[Patricia7455]

Hi, Aaron

 

I haven't got chickens myself, but am planning for the future and I went to an Omlet hen party. Our hostess used garlic powder mixed in with the daily food to stop the poos smelling. She used mash to feed the chickens and I suppose the garlic would mix better with the mash than with pellets.

 

We watched her cleaning her eglu and I have to say that I could not smell any poo-ey smell from the eglu, the run or anywhere in her garden although there were a few poos unavoidably dotted around.

 

Strange, that the garlic powder smells strong itself, but stops poos smelling, but it seems to work

 

Hope this helps

 

Pat

[jomaxsmith]

Hi there,

 

Garlic powder works well and can be easily bought from equine supplies shops. I 've even found it in Pets At Home! I put a scoop in with each grub full of mash (about a tablespoon). Bokashi Bran is also very good but is quite pricey. Wiggly Wigglers is often the cheapest place to buy it. I put about a handful in each time I fill the Grub.

 

Using a good absorbent bedding in the eglu and run will also help, Hemcore and Aubiose are good and I'm using Easibed at the moment and that works really well too.

 

Jo

[Egluntyne]

Bokashi bran and garlic powder used at Eglutine Towers. Works a treat.

[Mutrix Farmers]

Bokashi bran and garlic powder used at Eglutine Towers. Works a treat.

 

Ditto for me

[Egluntyne]

Bokashi bran and garlic powder used at Eglutine Towers. Works a treat.

 

Ditto for me

 

 

Crikey....look...I've spelled my own name incorrectly!! How embarrassing is that?

[ClaireG]

Another fan of garlic powder here!

[Robbo1962]

yup! agreed....bokaski bran and garlic is the best, definate improvement!

Sara

[Redwing]

Me too! Bokashi bran and garlic powder, I can't smell anything from the run at all and only smell the Eglu when I take the eggport door off, even the droppings tray doesn't smell.

 

Mind you only one of mine is laying - apparently they ramp up the eating when they are laying so maybe I have the bad smells to come!!

[cluckbok]

Bokashi and garlic fans here too! great stuff!

[jools+6]

what products can i get to stop there poo from smelling and when and how much do i use and where can i get it from

thanks aaron

a clothes peg aaron

[aaronmusgrove123]

hahahahhaha thanks for your info it will help when i get more hahahah you get addicted have a look at my 2 silkis here http://www.flickr.com/photos/31502766@N07/sets/72157608173327691/

[sandyhas3chucks]

Mine don't smell. they are perfect

[cmcardle]

Can you use garlic powder with pellets?

[Redwing]

I do, it works fine.

[pearcie]

how much garlic powder do you add to pellets? cant much info on this....thanx

[miffy]

oooohhhh dear I've been putting garlic powder in the glug is this wrong??

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I think it's ok to put it in the glug but doesn't it tend to sink to the bottom? That's why I changed to adding it to the pellets (that does work, btw, it coats all the pellets).

 

I use garlic powder & bokashi bran in their feed and Stalosan F in the run after a clean out.