Boybeck Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I've used aubiose in my WIR for the first time. What a difference! I've been using bark but it got so wet and mucky I had to clear it out. Aubiose isn't cheap though at £8.50 a 20kilo bag. How often do you change it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I change it once every 4 weeks. Under my covered run it's usually ok that long, except for ocassionally when the rain comes in sideways like it did last month..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybeck Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I was wondering how I'd get on if the rain came in sideways like it did last month. Thankfully that doesn't seem to happen too often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I can't really put a time on when we change ours - I would say more according to weather really. In that awful wet we had in November I would say every 3 weeks but now in this nice cold snap it wont be changed for a while (4-6 weeks) as it's staying nice and dry and not ponging like it does when it's wet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybeck Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Do you remove all of it or just scoop a top layer off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I find it helps to poo pick when you can (I have an obsession to do it daily) which keeps the poos and the pong down. If I have run out of aubiose sometimes we will remove the front half of the WIR (where it gets most "traffic" and where it gets wet in extreme showers) scatter down some Stalosan F, and then move the aubiose from the back of the run to the front, and put fresh at the back! When we do the big clear out - it all goes out, Stalosan put down and then fresh aubiose all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybeck Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Where do you get your Stalosan from? I looked today in a few pet shops but couldn't find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Where do you get your Stalosan from? I looked today in a few pet shops but couldn't find it. here's one place http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I used to put a good layer of Aubiose down and change it every 6 weeks or so. Now I put a much lighter layer down and change it weekly. Much less back breaking, takes 10 mins instead of 2 hours and the hens love having the clean stuff to rootle about in more regularly. I pick up the obvious poos every day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybeck Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Do you think it's worth the money? £16 to change the aubiose in my run is quite costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I wouldn't use anything else. We have tried other stuff but nothing compares! You could do as Egluntyne suggests and layer it thinner, or protect your run from the elements well it will last longer and change every 4-6 weeks (it's the rain that makes it all mushy). Your nose will soon tell you when it needs changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
