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

[poppycat]

Sorry quick newbie question

 

My cube comes in a weeks time and I am just ordering the cleaning products I need for Margot, Beaky, and Peggy (sorry, we have named them already )

 

I am thinking our cleaning routine will be poo picking run now and again, replacing whole bedding every couple of months or so.

 

Washing cube with bucket (trying not to get run wet) once a week using poultry shield and giving it a jet wash when bedding gets replaced once very couple of months.

 

Once cube is dry dusting diatom in cube and run area (once a week).

 

Does this sound reasonable to keep nasties away?

 

Also do I need Stalosan and Red mite powder aswell or does it do same job as the other two?

 

Something tells me the girls house will be cleaner than ours

[quickcluck]

Stalosan is always good, but you dont need it immediately

 

I cant live without red mite powder as I am paranoid

[poppycat]

ooh, and there was me thinking I did not need red mite powder if I used diatom..

 

but I would rather be safe than sorry - I really would rather go the prevention route

[legend21]

I clean the poo trays twice a week and put DE in the cube then, have not had to use red mite powder, fingers crossed, cant live without cirtronella for the run and poo tray to keep away flies, I clean the garden area they have twice a day to remove poo and the run also, will invest in mite powder when re ordering DE.

 

Jackie

[poppycat]

Thanks Jackie

 

Could you tell me how quickly you get through your DE. Just cant decide which size to go for.

[legend21]

I got the girls 17th May (six of them) and use it all the time on the roosting bars and nesting box but still have loads left, so think I will get 5 or 6 months out of it. Remember to put some in their food as well to kill parasites (Im by no way an expert but it is working for me_

 

regards

 

Jackie

[poppycat]

Jackie, do you know what size that one you have is?

 

Thanks

Lou

[legend21]

Sorry you did ask that, its the 100g size on the omlet website.

 

Jackie

[poppycat]

Thanks, thats a great help. Just going to order my bits and pieces now.

 

Only a week to go!! Or as my daughter said 8 sleeps

 

Lou

x

[legend21]

You will love them, we got six and now OH would like to go up to twenty, but we will need another cube.

 

They are so funny and cute

 

Jxx

[poppycat]

Twenty

 

We are starting off with just 3 to begin with but I am sure it wont be long before I am thinking like your OH

[WarrensWorld]

We bought our because it was easy to clean and unattractive to red-mite, it being plastic!. We just hose the out every 3-4 days, change the bedding and move it and the run to a fresh site. So far we haven't had any problems at all. Also we're not too sure or keen about using chemicals on the . But then our chooks free-range for a good part of the day. We've only had our chooks for 2 months, so this is the voice of novices, but we're pretty well read n the subject, we think........

[Sarahsausage]

Gosh, I would change the bedding once a week rather than every couple of months or so. Also, if you pick up the poo everyday you can keep on top of it and also cut down on wiffs and pesky flies!

 

Enjoy your chooks

[C&T]

The bedding in the nest box we change weekly, but the stuff in the run only gets changed 6-8 weeks or so (depending on how much they have been in there, and when I have the time etc).

 

Stalosan F I think is great - don't need straight away at all, but certainly helps reduce smells as well as any nasties, especially if you are keeping the run in the same spot like we do. I was amazed at what a little bit of pink powder could achieve!

 

Good luck with your new chooks! Bet you just can't wait!!