What makes a chicken coop easy to live with?

[Silvermorgan Moon]

Hi all

 

Sorry if this is a daft question, just need some advice on how I should be looking after the woodchips and free range area of the garden to keep it healthhy for the girls.

 

The Eglu is on a woodchip area but the girls make a right mess getting the mash all over the floor, not much poo there but how do I make sure it stays fresh for them?

 

Garden area is lacking grass now, I try to poo pick regularly but should I do anything else such as Stalosan to keep it clear of nasties?

 

[sjp]

the 2 areas that I have wood chiped I just rake over to level it as my mob turn them over every time the free range looking for bugs worms and slugs otherwise know as tasty morsels to chickens

I intend to put some garden lime down when the weather allows in early spring

[Silvermorgan Moon]

Mine love digging through the wood chip too (when it's not frozen!!!) just worrried about the amount of mash lying around under the grub! Was looking at garden lime as a natural option to stalosan - does it do the same thing?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

As I understand it, garden lime neutralises the acidity of the soil caused by the poo. Stalosan is a disinfectant which will do much more good. I use both .