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[Jenstuds]

Hello

 

Had our eglu set up for three weeks sited on an old veggie patch which had been covered in bark chippings. However this has become a hard mud surface very quickly which is very boring for the chickens not to mention unsightly.

 

I'm considering digging all this up, laying some thick black plastic sheeting and putting down some new bark chippings. But am now worrying about whether the black plastic will be harmful for the chickens if they start pecking at it. Any views?

 

Would welcome other suggestions on how they prepared and kept the ground nice for their run, especially on an ongoing basis.

 

Thanks

Jenny

[BarbaraJ]

i have aubiose in my covered part of the run and 'wood' chip in the other end. i think with an eglu your best bet is to cover the run with whatever you put underneath. I think the chickens would scratch through the plastic eventually.

[poachedegg]

We have hemcore in our cube run - we top up each week and rake out completely about every 4 - 5 weeks and put onto our borders. Before we put fresh hemcore in, we sprinkle and rake in the soil, garden lime, which helps to break down any build up from the poo.

 

Our run is covered with a clear shower curtain - covering the run makes a huge difference.

[Redwing]

I have small hole weldmesh under my Eglu run to stop the woodchip merging with the mud! I also mix a bit of Aubiose in with the woodchip to soak up damp and the surface stays bearably dry most of the time.

 

I would only add Aubiose if your run has a cover though!

[Jenstuds]

Thanks. It's the undercover I'm most interested in. Will have to take a look at this weldmesh - where do you get it from?

[Redwing]

I bought a roll from B&Q with holes about 1cmx1cm - it was about £20 and went all the way under the Eglu and run (also stops things tunnelling in!) I had enough left over to go under both my compost bins and make a cage for rotting leaves in too!

 

I have some thick plastic greenhouse shading on my grass to stop it getting muddy around the Eglu, its green and has holes it - I guess it would do a similar job under the Eglu run, it was about £4 a metre

 

Someone on the forum uses holey rubber matting called some thing like 'Grassmat' which is apparently very good too