xScrunchee Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Glad I'm not the only one - I was reading about forumeers replacing the hemcore every 4 or 6 weeks and wondering why I had to do it weekly I try to poo pick evey day to keep the smell down and to stop the hemcore turning into a filthy mess. I tried a very deep layer, medium, then thinner layer but with the same result. Do we have particularly filthy chickens? I think that we must have! Or we are just way too fussy All I know is that there is no way that I could change the Hemcore every 4-6 weeks. Even fortnightly is not enough so maybe I will have to do it weekly too. What the heck are we doing wrong then? I now only use a very thin layer because I have to change it so often. I must say though that I am really happy that it is not just me!! I was starting to wonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkkat Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Stinky solidarity! I have nagged my OH into building me a walk-in run for my new Eglu, so at least if I have to clean it out evey week my back can cope I am now using quite a thin layer of hemcore too - I put loads in to start with, and they scratched down to the paving anyway I have tried sand too, but the results are similar and it gets EVERYWHERE! I am going to compromise: Not poo pick every day if I am going to clean the run out every week. We'll see how it goes. I'm also going to try Nedz Bedz instead of Hemcore as I can buy that easily in a few places rather than special-ordering it from one xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
