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[jennifer+simon]

i cleaned out our eglu this evening.... to find the poo tray FULL of little creapy crawlys of every discription . is this the norm? is there something i can do? its was really worring thinking they could have had them crawling over them tonight.... could it be the hot weather?

Also another question.... my run smells a bit wiffy! we have recently put bark down (as the grass is a gonner) but the smell seems to be attracting flies aswell. is there somehting i can get to nutrilize the smell and possibly get rid of the flies?

[craftyhunnypie]

I hang those sticky fly catcher strips around my eglus - in the trees. Brilliant things from the pound shop!

 

Emma.x

[Egluntyne]

There is always a bit of livestock in the poo tray. It is unavoidable.

 

Regular cleaning and emptying and a few drops of citronella help enormously. The things that scuttle about in the poo tray don't tend to be the beasties that bother the hens tbh.

[Guest]

You could try using some Stalosan - it does help!