kilravock Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hi. Has anyone seen/tried the rubber pellets advertised as a "mud cure" in certain chicken magazines? The idea is you put a mesh down first then a level of about 4cm of these pellets. I was thinking of using bark chippings as a substrate, but does anyone have any experience of the rubber chips? Our chicks are freerange most of the day but the run is a right royal mud fest at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 The only people I've known to use these complained that it was next to impossible to wash the poo off them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Hi, There have been a few discussions on this in the past. If you do a search for rubber chippings you should get some info in threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Wood chips are better than either bark or rubber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippy bird Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I have rubber chippings down in my run and I have to say,they have been fantastic,really easy to clean - just jet wash them and rake them.The girls feet are much cleaner as well (well until I let them into my garden). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Does the dissolved poo not cause problems underneath the rubber chips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
