ails Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 With the dark, wet winter weather well and truly in place and especially this year with the temperature dropping into the minus figures I have tried to think of ways to speed up my weekend eglu clean - mainly because I have to clean the eglu out after I have been up to the stables to muck out my horse and try to ride and I'm then dreaming of retiring to a hot bath......... I ordered a spare set of roosting bars, quickly scrub off the worst of the poop then pop them into the dishwasher with the glug and grub and hey presto clean roosting bars ready for next weekends clean - cuts out the stage of standing in the garden with the hose pipe and grout cleaning brush to scrub them clean by hand......... Not sure if using the dishwasher suits everyone but it works for me plus leaves me a bit more time to chat to the chooks and give them a cuddle instead of spending time freezing with the hose pipe and brush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emchook Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 eeeeeeewwwww . not sure about that at all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 yes, I would go with that I love my dishwasher - if it doesnt go in the dishwasher - it goes in the bin (which could be why my pans are wrecked ) cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emchook Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Will have to try that later ... fathers out Stupid question Can you use dishwasher tablets or is it best to just put it through a rinse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 i think i would do it detergent free - that way you wont have any issues with the chooks and allergies (I dont know whats in dishwasher tablets) plus then - no one knows you have done it - cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharLeila Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I am the dishwasher! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Will do The grub seems to get filthy when it rains and splashes up mud/food so I normally have to scrub it, and we have the 'peanut feeders' so they've a bit more awkward Will put it all in in a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 i've always put the glugs, grubs and super glugs in the DW (with tablets) but never thought about the roosting bars.... not a bad idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Make sure you clean out the filters though...............gritty bits get stuck on the next load if you don't Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I put the glugs and grubs in. They come out sparkling. I'm not sure my roosting bars would fit. Certainly the cube ones wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I am the dishwasher! Me too!!!! I've just cleaned all my stuff in the kitchen sink....no dishwasher and far to cold to be doing it all outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Eeeuwwww! I don't have a dishwasher (other than me and OH!) - but if I did, I don't think I could bring myself to wash grubs and glugs in it, let alone roosting bars I'd have to rinse it out about 100 times afterwards if I did. Maybe I'm just too sensitive?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I used to put worse in my dishwasher Just clean out the filter afterwards, I believe the dishwasher is hot enough to be reasonably hygenic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 You could always rinse it with Milton if you're worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Not sure I could quite get my wooden house in the dishwasher but I do regularly pop my feeders and drinkers in to keep them all nice and clean. The mess the chickens seem to be able to generate, especially in the drinkers is astonishing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hmm never tried using the dish washer for the feeders - let alone the roosting bars. I have to confess that I don't do mine weekly - they don't really need it - but I do have banties so less mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Phil used to pop my feeders in his dishwasher when he had one, they came up lovely, especially the Omlet ones which tend to get pitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henriette Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I'm not sure my roosting bars would fit. Certainly the cube ones wouldn't. Glad you said that - I was beginning to think that everyone had enormous dishwashers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 What a fabulous idea...will definitely try that with my glug and grub but don't have a spare set of roosting bars ..yet...will remedy that immediately..off to the Omlet shop! I'm not at all concerned about the hygiene factor...the dishwasher washes hot and uses caustic...we wash the cat and dog bowls in there with our own stuff routinely and no one has keeled over yet....but I do take the point about the filter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 We put the chicken stuff and also the wild bird feeders in the dishwasher, but then we do change the filter after the wild bird feeders and also run a cleaning cycle with dishwasher cleaner afterwards. The cat bowls go in with our stuff. I think the extra roosting bars would be a good idea, but I don't think the cube ones would fit in our dishwupper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 I dishwash everything (including the dog bowl) but I wouldn't put the poo bars in! (sorry! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ygerna Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Eeeuwwww! I don't have a dishwasher (other than me and OH!) - but if I did, I don't think I could bring myself to wash grubs and glugs in it, let alone roosting bars I'd have to rinse it out about 100 times afterwards if I did. Maybe I'm just too sensitive?! I must be sensitive too then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igobarefoot Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hello I'm new to the forum - I clean my roosting bars in the bath - OH wasn't impressed when I told him! Emma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hello I'm new to the forum - I clean my roosting bars in the bath - OH wasn't impressed when I told him! Emma Me Too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
