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

[nutterly_uts]

Having just had to chip concrete chicken poo from mud on my knees using a rake at the house end of the run fairly unsuccessfully I am looking for ideas on how to make my eglu more user friendly for cleaning?

I currently un-clip the entire front off and use a rake to hoik all the bedding out, but its not a great method. How can I make it easier, short of cementing that whole bit of garden?

[Falkor]

I just kneel on an old composr sack.

 

Not a revolutionary idea, but it keeps my knees poo free!

[nutterly_uts]

I do that, but I find it very hard to rake the concrete poo/bedding from the door end of the eglu.

[Falkor]

Again this is not very helpful or dignified but I crawl into the run with a bucket and dig it out with a hand trowel!

 

OH finds it highly amusing to shut me insuide the run

[Ain't Nobody Here]

OH finds it highly amusing to shut me insuide the run

 

Sorry, shouldn't laugh .

 

We take one end each and lift the whole eglu and run sideways so the whole run is exposed. Then you can dig and clear out to your heart's content . Granted it's not practical to do that every single week (although if you have a helpful OH or child it might be!)

[Egluntyne]

I used to blast everything into the surrounding soil with a jet washer, when my hens were in the Eglus.

 

I then dug it all in and limed the area. It worked well.

 

I used to give the Eglu a good blasting while I was at it.

[Larkspurs]

I used to blast everything into the surrounding soil with a jet washer, when my hens were in the Eglus.

 

I then dug it all in and limed the area. It worked well.

 

I used to give the Eglu a good blasting while I was at it.

 

Hopefully not with the hens still in the eglu ...sorry I must admit the vision made me laugh

[Ain't Nobody Here]

...sorry I must admit the vision made me laugh

 

I also had an image of Egluntine in full body armour armed with power washing weaponry .

[Egluntyne]

I used to blast everything into the surrounding soil with a jet washer, when my hens were in the Eglus.

 

I then dug it all in and limed the area. It worked well.

 

I used to give the Eglu a good blasting while I was at it.

 

Hopefully not with the hens still in the eglu ...sorry I must admit the vision made me laugh

 

 

Erm...no.

 

They would scarper into the furthest corner of their area. Wimps.

[TAJ]

I drag eglu and run onto the grass and then can shovel up everything on the patio without the run in the way, then I pressure wash the patio and eglu - you can spray the front through the run bars easily.

 

Then it all gets moved back in place, sprayed with Poultry shield - job done!

 

Tracy

Edited February 14, 2009 by Guest

[badgerbluebadger]

I crawl in to clean

[Falkor]

I crawl in to clean

 

I am NOT alone!

[Cooks]

ours gets shifted to another patch and I rake it all clean and scoop up.