Peacocks

[Tutti Frutti]

We're replacing the wood chips with the girls' Xmas pressie... Aubiose!!!!

 

So I want to give the WIR a deep clean but I'm so confused by the choice!!! I've seen the list above but they all seem to have different uses - worming, disinfecting, drying out wet bedding, removing smells, some used as a powder/others diluted in water...

 

Can anyone tell me what they use please? I've read that DE can be added to dustbaths (so the girls treat themselves to kill red mite! Yay!) and also added to feed as a wormer and to help sort out runny poos but does it disinfect as well?

 

Have I missed anything off the list???

 

Thanks

[Plum]

Can't really answer the poll

 

I use stalosan F powder on the floor of the run. Just chuck a handful here and there and brush it all over.

 

For the house I use poultry shield 1:20 to wash the house down or if I wash down the house with detergent I spray it with poultry shield 1:10 when dry.

 

DE get peppered in the nest box and added to dustbath.

 

I think you will probably get lots of different answers to this question

[ClaireG]

I do pretty much the same as Plum!

[Tutti Frutti]

I had a feeling there wasn't a "one product does all" for this!

[Raina]

Well erm...when i kept my girls on our patio at our old house i used the lavender baby shampoo, i know it sounds odd but it does work, it get's the poop up really good too lol

 

for the house i use this stuff, it's really good!

 

I use it for EVERYTHING, We clean the bathroom with it too lol

 

http://www.omlet.co.uk/shop/shop.php?cat=Chicken%20Keeping&sub=General&product_id=4366&sort=popularity&start=0

[jess1merlin]

I do more or less the same as Plum except I use Bio Dry instead of stalosan F but I think they do the same thing.

[Jools]

To clean, I use warm, soapy water and a sponge or scourer. To disinfect after cleaning, I use Virkon if I'm using it wet or Stalosan if dry. I used to use Diatom for red mite control but now I rely on Barrier red mite powder. Diatom is marketed as a wormer but I find liquid Verm-x more than up to the job.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I use Stalosan and garden lime on the floor of the run, Ecover washing up liquid for mini eglu cleans, power washer and then Poultry Shield for major cleans, DE in the nestbox and in the crevices and red mite powder in the nestbox.

 

Whew .