Solitary chicken - need advice

[ricmonddan]

Hi,

 

I am now set on leaving the eglu go + run where it is (rather than chasing the dwindling grass) as such i need a recommendations for a decent bedding to use for the run.

 

The run is the standard "GO" run with an extra metre. The whole run is covered by the clear rain covers sold by omlet (with a fetching cammo net on top to trick them into thinking they are in a Forrest), but as the run slopes outwards slightly the ground will still get wet around the edges.

 

As i still rent at the minute I don't have the option to put a permanent concrete base down so the bedding will be on top of bare earth at the minute.

 

Any help would be well greatly appreciated

 

Dan

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Any horse bedding will be fine. It's very absorbent so not great for totally uncovered runs but if it's just the edges, it should work well. That's just the setup I used to have and it was fine.

 

I've used Easibed and Hemcore but there are lots of different types out there.

[Cat tails]

My Go Up is currently on bare earth, which works fine for me. The biggest downside is that they dig themselves holes so deep they could tunnel to China.

My plan is to get them of the earth (previously grass....) for a bit and fill the holes. Also maybe dig out a patch, place some garden slabs in and put some bricks underneath the "feet" of the house. And then refill with new earth.

I rake out once a week, but almost everything disappears into the ground anyway.

It isn't smelly either.

[mullethunter]

I have the same set up as you. It has been I place for a year and like Cattails it's on earth. I think I'm lucky because it's really leaf littery, so that combined with the shower curtain extra run cover means it doesn't get muddy even when the weather's awful.

[ricmonddan]

Cheers for the suggestions, whilst i don't mind the bare earth so much, i am noticing a few flies in the run.

 

I may just chuck in one bag of aubiose or easichick/bed and see how i get on.