Yorkie_and_us Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 My Cube is arriving in July and I thought I should get all the important cleaning products ready! any recommendations? Im thinking of: Barrier V1 spray disinfectant Biolink Poultry Sheild Barrier Red Mites powder any recommendation for DE and something good for the chicken run? What do you think of Stalosan F disinfectant and Nettex Total Hygiene Powder? Are they healthy? I have mild OCD 🤦♀️🤣 so I really want to keep my little chicks clean and healthy 😊 I’m planning to clean the chicken coop everyday and the chicken run. 😊🤦♀️ Thank you Izabella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Hello again Izabella, As with most things, you'll probably find that everyone has various different ideas. About once every 2-3 months (depending on how wet the weather has been and how dirty the hens have been), we do a big clean out of all the wood chip. When we do this we take out all the chipping and then sprinkle Nettex and DE all over the ground before putting new chip down. Nettex Ground Sanitiser: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005P7ERPM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 DE: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009ZE63Q2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 When we do our weekly clean in the Cube, we use a disinfectant and also spray DE into all the corners etc. as a defence against mites. Disinfectant: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Battles-Poultry-House-Disinfectant-Cleaner/dp/B003ZXS3GW/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=chicken+disinfectant&qid=1589477367&sr=8-2 Then once every 3 months we take the Cube apart completely, jet-wash the whole thing, and use this disinfectant: Mite killer: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003L6LUIQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 We also use Red Top fly catchers over spring/summer to try keep those at bay: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Red-Top-86757-Fly-Trap/dp/B06Y34JR84/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2SXY6DJ9MW5ZK&dchild=1&keywords=red+top+fly+trap&qid=1589477616&sprefix=red+top+fl%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2 We worm them once every 3 months with Flubenvet. Hope that gives you some ideas. Cheers, Andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 I don't use DE - it's an irritant for eyes and airways. Clean the cube etc and then spray with Nettex Total Mite Kill ready to use spray (pink one) which is a disinfectant and mite killer. Then dust with Nettex Buz Busters Louse Powder, which also kills mites. Rake their Ground Sanitising Powder through the Aubiose in the run weekly, and then when I do a total muck-out, I sprinkle it on the slabs before cracking open a new bale of Aubiose. It doesn't need to be complicated or to have lots of products, just ones which work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie_and_us Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Hi It’s me again 🤦♀️ how far from the chicken run would you hang the fly catcher? I have 3, 5-10 meters apart and those naughty flies are still in my chicken run 🤦♀️ Anything else I could do to get rid of them? 😊🦟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 What type of fly catcher are you using? Only if you keep your chickens in a glass box, can you avoid flies... they will always be around, but shouldn’t be too abundant. As long as your chickens are healthy and have no mucky bottoms, they are not very likely to get fly strike. Mine will try and catch any slow flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
