How many chickens in Eglu Cube

[Raina]

Hi all,

 

My nephew has put down some Tarpaulin for when i get my chooks back,

 

we are now thinking of some substrate.

 

My cousin used Woodchip for 3 hen's and he said it started to smell really bad after a couple of days,my uncle also used it for his garden and the same happened to him so he stopped using it.

 

I would use hemp, but we don't have clear tarp or a shower curtain (last shower curtain got ripped of in the wind).

 

So is there any other substrate i could use that'll help with smells & that's pretty cheap?

 

Thanks

[Redwing]

I'm surprised that woodchip started to smell so soon, could he have used bark maybe? that will start to smell quicker

 

Any run that isnt covered is tricky, an IKEA shower curtain is only a pound or so, I would get one or twp of those to cover the run

[Plum]

and use some bungees to keep it on and I use bulldog clips and a few bricks on top when it's really windy and sometimes a plank as well. Right mess my garden but the girls are fine

 

Woodchip didn't smell in my run, I had it down for 3 months last winter with just partial shading use hemcore and easibed now which are lovely.

[Raina]

Thanks,

 

If i feel a little better later i'll go up town for some shower curtains,

 

Could i use sawdust till i can get some aubiose?

 

and what's it like in the wind, does/will it go everywhere?

 

and how would you change it? could you hoover the stuff up??

 

 

Thanks again,

 

Raina