chickenNutter Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Pick up firm poos, and give curry poos a blast with a hose jet (unless you have a hosepipe ban like us) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Clean gardens and chickens don't really go together I'm afriad. The best thing to do is dedicate an "untidy" area that they can scratch around in, which you could fence off with netting or a WIR. If you can't dedicate an area, the best you can do is picking up as many poos as you can - it is great fertiliser for fruit and veg plots and can help compost heaps decompose faster because of the high nitrogen content. The only real options over than those are to put up with (and ignore) the mess, or to get some land or an allotment where you can keep them on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 Pick up firm poos, and give curry poos a blast with a hose jet (unless you have a hosepipe ban like us) We don't have a hosepipe ban but we are on a water meter, so we do try to be careful with the hosepipe Hopefully once our WIR is built things should be easier as then we can designate an area of lawn for the hens and that should also stop our labrador from going into their part of the garden too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I put in a handful per grub. Poultry spice I use every now and then as a pick me and a teaspoon of garlic powder per grub also. Dogs love bokashi and the chooks will eat in on its own, they go mad for it!!! Best to mix it in tho...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 My DH has miixed the whole packet of bran in the little amount of layers pellets that we had left The food now looks like 50% bran and I can't get any more food to mix in until at least the weekend. What will it do to my poor girls and I have to say I've now noticed their poos smell and I don't ususally- coincidence?? or because too much bran? Any advice gratefully received Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Oh Catie! You need new staff!!!! Could you get to pets at home or something until you can get to your supplier? Scoops as much out at you can, they will be OK in the short term, a very expensive experiment tho! Best he takes you out for a treat to make up for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
