jefferp Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hello Everyone, I am rather new to chicken keeping so please forgive an elementary question. I have been cleaning the cube every week with Poultry Shield, removing and scrubbing the roosting bars, the divider and the dropping trays and then the inside panels. I've read on some posts others talking about a "complete clean", dismantling the cube. Is this necessary and if it is what frequency does anyone here do that ? 3 chooks and after a newbie scare jumping to all the wrong conclusion in respect of mites all 3 are happily laying, ranging around a bit in the week, lots at the weekend and are now easy to get back into their run ! Many thanks, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I've had my cube since June 2008 & only have done what you do, until last weekend when I tried out my new pressurewasher on it. I've never had red mite & my cube looks as good as new on this cleaning regime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 And another ... if I had red mite, I might dismantle it all, but otherwise I find the sort of clean you describe is absolutely fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I do same as you and spray poultry sheild into all the joins. There is no way I could get it back looking the same if I took it apart. If I got red mite I think I would loosen the screws to make sure I could bang all the hemcore out of the joins and spray the poultry shield in the joins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
