Ammonia smell in coop-first time owner

[chickenNutter]

Anyone else fall over their Omlet netting regularly? I have come a cropper at least 4 times now, either adventurously trying to hop over it, being too lazy to undo the 'gate' arrangement I have set up, or more often catching my foot in a 'baggy' bit - I can't get it taut as I have gravel areas where you can't stick poles into the ground. Anyway I most recently nosedived 3 weeks ago, rushing out to feed the girls before work, wearing silly shoes, and landed heavily on my left wrist. Finally went to get it X-rayed yesterday to find it is fractured and came home with it in a cast!

 

Some Mother's Day!

[scarlettohara]

Ouch ! Yes I do the same, also spend a lot of time extracting little border's head and shoulders from it Hope you mend quickly

[Lavenders_Blue]

Mine isn't Omlet netting, it's from Knowles, but yes I do regularly become entangled in it and end up on my bum in the mud (being unceremoniously pecked at by chickens )!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Oh no . Poor you, I hope it's not too painful .

[Alis girls]

Ooh wont let OH see this as I have just persuaded him to let me order the omlet netting so girls can weed th garden for me.

[beach chick]

chicken nutter - and anyone else - be careful!! I broke my ankle very badly doing exactly what you describe 15 months ago. got tangled in the net, put my foot down, slipped in the mud, heard a nasty crack (which was my bone) and had to crawl from chicken run to the front door. trip to a&e, followed by emergency surgery and metal plates and screws in my leg, 5 days in hospital, 6 weeks in plaster - non weight bearing and on crutches/wheelchair, and 10 weeks not driving....

so I seriously sympathise with the wrist, but at least you are not on crutches!!

[Plum]

It should have a warning but only because we are too lazy, even with a gate I still fling my legs over and end up upside down with a foot caught in the netting. Lucky no breaks after reading all your accidents I am going to be more careful.