markm Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Just got my orange eglu delivered this week and getting my birds tomorrow. Does anyone line the bottom tray with cat litter or sawdust to help cleaning? very excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I use come cut down plastic matting and lots use newspaper. The problem with cat litter is that is would work out quite expensive and not as easy to compost perhaps. It really isn't difficult to clean the trays. Before I used the plastic matting I just flicked the poo into the compose and washed them. The matting makes it easier for me as I can put them in a bucket and soak them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I'd never even thought of using cat litter, but I guess it would work out quite expensive. I've bought some soft wood shavings for mine, although my other half bought that by mistake. He had gone out to buy some wood chips for the run but came home with shavings, so rather than waste them I am going to put them in the coop and nest. I think it's only when you actually get your Eglu and see how the roosting bars cover all of the liner that you realise that the hens can't actually get to whatever you put in that, so I guess anything would do that makes it easy for you. Good luck with your hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess1merlin Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I put aubiose in the trays of my cube and on the floor of the run, it makes it easy to clean out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 I was recommended to get the aubiose too, I hear it's very good. Apparently it's very easy to just slide out the tray and pick out the bits of poo with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Yes, Hemcore or Aubiose is brilliant - line the trays with a few handfuls, and just pick the poo daily, and empty and clean weekly. Dries up the poo and is easy to compost and no harmful dust for the ladies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stedic Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I had a few bags of compost left over from building my raised beds. I just chuck a few handfuls of that in. Its dry so takes in some of the moisture and smell. I change it every couple of days and either through it straight into the beds or into the compost bin to mix in with the other stuff. Seems to work for me at the moment, though I might try some Aubiose etc when I run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Another Aubiose fan here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Went to get more Hemcore today for the new WIR that is arriving next week (yes, I promise I'll post some photos!) and the guys told me that the last lot of bales they had had gone mouldy. So I've come away with a bale of Bliss instead - has anybody used that? It looks pretty good - similar to Hemcore. So long as it dries out the poo as effectively it will be just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
