How high can a chicken jump?

[Mercedes55]

We currently have an Eglu and Cube and I'm really struggling to find an easy way to clean the roosting bars in the Cube. The Eglu ones are a lot smaller and I can easily put the ends of them in a bowl of water and scrub them, however the Cube roosting perches are very long and also wider than the Eglu ones. I noticed you can buy spare ones from the Omlet store and people are saying it's a good idea as they can 'soak' one lot of roosting bars and put the spare set in. But how on earth can you soak them when they are are so big. It takes me ages to get them clean

[Willow_Warren]

Can you buy a big storage crate to soak them in. I don't have a cube, but I know that's what I had to buy to soak my bird feeders in for cleaning.

 

Hannah

[Mercedes55]

Well I did a bit of googling on it and read of someone who uses a grow bag tray to soak hers in, which is quite a good idea as I guess they are the same size. Just need to measure the roosting bars and get myself to B&Q

[Egluntyne]

I use a plastic dust bin. It isn't quite long enough, but I turn them the other way up after a while.

 

There's always the bath!

[Happy Mrs Chicken]

Ive got tubtrug for my roosting bars i just soak them and then rub them with a non scratch scourer.You can get tubtrugs in different sizes.Tescos do a large tubtrug style one.

[Margaret]

Just blast them with the power washer ( if you have one) takes two mins.

[Mercedes55]

I don't think I'd ever want to go in my bath again if I had used it to clean poo off the roosting bars

 

We don't have a power washer, just a regular hosepipe and because the roosting bars aren't a flat surface it can be difficult to get dry poo off them. After all that cleaning yesterday they are all mucky again today. I was wondering about wiping them with baby wipes as I use them in my parrot's cage, but on parts he can't actually get to, not sure if they are safe to use with hens

[Sam]

Someone said they use a (i think thats what it's called) seed tray. Would use a lot less water than a dust bin.

 

Obviously a bigger version with no holes

Actually I don't think it's a seed tray, just something to put plant pots in and put water in the tray for the roots to soak up the water? Yeah, I don't garden

[Tutti Frutti]

Yep, I use a growbag tray. I put the roost bars in upside down, double-decked so both surfaces get a good soaking, then pour on Total Mite Kill (I use it as a general cleaner) and soak until the poo floats off

[sage]

http://www.hammerjack.co.uk//item//eddingtons-lawn-mower-cleaning-brush

 

I got one of these from kleeneze it was only about a £5, it's great for getting between the bars.

 

Sage

[Henergy]

I use a big wide bucket a sponge & fairy liquid - seems to do trick. Then I squirt with chicken friendly disinfectant & hose down.

[Lewis]

I use the jet wash but if not one of these brushes are really good

[Valkyrie]

Sometimes I just use the hose and brush. Other times if it's a bit of stubborn dirt I get a warm bucket of Poultry Shield and a scrubbing brush, just scrub away on the patio, leave it and then give it another going over, rinse with clean Poultry shield - I defy any nasty to live on those bars, or under them! Occasionally I jet wash the whole lot. Have to say the Stalosan has stained the green poo trays though - can't even jet wash that off. Cor powerful stuff that.

[Goosey Lucy]

Children, a hose pipe and 2 scrubbing brushes.

 

Works for me

[Cooks]

I jet wash them clean too, and if I get a stubbourn mark I have a scrubbing brush I picked up at the supermarket, nothing fancy but it does the job.

[fluffy chick]

We currently have an Eglu and Cube and I'm really struggling to find an easy way to clean the roosting bars in the Cube. The Eglu ones are a lot smaller and I can easily put the ends of them in a bowl of water and scrub them, however the Cube roosting perches are very long and also wider than the Eglu ones. I noticed you can buy spare ones from the Omlet store and people are saying it's a good idea as they can 'soak' one lot of roosting bars and put the spare set in. But how on earth can you soak them when they are are so big. It takes me ages to get them clean

 

 

I found exactly the same problem. I now use a big rubber trug thingy that horsey folk use to muck out. Basically a big rubber bucket with handles. The cube roosting bars will stand up in it, while I wipe them down.

[chuckmum6]

I wash mine weekly and just use a washing up brush, hose and lots of elbow grease, or if I can catch one of my sons then I get them to do it . I do have a spare set, but I do hate cleaning them, apart from washing up liquid I haven't used anything else.

[MammaT]

I use a solution of water and white vinegar in a spray bottle on my eglu and roosting bars. I spray over and leave aside then use hot water and disinfectant and find that anything that's been dried on comes off really easily. I also use a lot of vinegar for cleaning around the house - a bit smelly at the time but works well.

[NannyOgg]

But how on earth can you soak them when they are are so big. It takes me ages to get them clean

 

I soak mine in a grow bag tray, which is basically a plastic tray, approx 5cm deep, which is (unsurprisingly!) slighly larger than a grow bag. Seems to do the job nicely.

 

T

[Mercedes55]

 

I soak mine in a grow bag tray, which is basically a plastic tray, approx 5cm deep, which is (unsurprisingly!) slighly larger than a grow bag. Seems to do the job nicely.

 

T

 

I did go to B&Q this evening to try and find a grow bag tray. Honestly from the look I got from the asst it made me wonder if she even knew what a grow bag was, never mind a tray for one. Ended up getting a plastic container from the bedroom dept there which I think is for sliding under the bed. Looks the right size for soaking both bars in, but won't know till the morning as the girls have gone to bed now. I did wonder about handing the chooks a tape measure to see if they would measure it for me, but somehow I don't think they would know what I was talking about

[UKMARCH]

Hi, I use a dishmatic washing up brush which is a handle with washing up liquid inside with a sponge and scouring pad at the end from the supermarket, I have one in the kitchen, one in the bathroom and one in the shed!

[Mercedes55]

Hi, I use a dishmatic washing up brush which is a handle with washing up liquid inside with a sponge and scouring pad at the end from the supermarket, I have one in the kitchen, one in the bathroom and one in the shed!

 

Yes I have those too, they are very good but I think I must be a bit rough with mine as the green bit on mine tends to come apart from the yellow sponge part quite quickly and I still need to learn the knack of getting the heads off as it's quite hard isn't it, or maybe it's just me

[Luvachicken]

I don't think I'd ever want to go in my bath again if I had used it to clean poo off the roosting bars

 

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I dropped some pooey water, having cleaned my roosting bars in a tub trug of hot soapy water, over my feet with my crocs on, as I was emptying the trug. It was weird because although I did wash my feet, they were beautifully soft

Maybe chicken poo has other uses - foam bath perhaps or foot revitalising cream