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Hmmm was wondering about dog hair added to coop floor would like some input please.

post #1 of 5
8/8/12 at 4:42pm
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I'm doing the deep litter method and as I'm a dog groomer and throw out buckets of dog hair got to thinking and researching and hair does compost...so what about adding some dog hair in the winter time as added warmth? I'm talking hair I collect after the dog has been washed and dried.
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post #2 of 5
8/8/12 at 4:54pm
Interesting question.......perhaps you could google organic gardening/ compost sites and find out how dog hair breaks down. The other part of the puzzle is what is dog hair composed of because you know those chickie devils will at least snack on it.
Enjoying the NW GA. mtns with DH, 2 Dobes, and 12 pullets (2 RIR, 3 BO, 3 BR, 2 SLs and 2 GLW & 1 RIR roo ).
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Enjoying the NW GA. mtns with DH, 2 Dobes, and 12 pullets (2 RIR, 3 BO, 3 BR, 2 SLs and 2 GLW & 1 RIR roo ).
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post #3 of 5
8/9/12 at 5:04pm

I don't know about "warmth" or "softness" but I have heard of using hair as a wild animal deterrent. Maybe you can spread the dog hair around the perimeter of the coop/run to help keep predators away.

 

CG

CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, plus 4 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, &  an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

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DS2: D'uccles - 3 hens, 1 roo

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CG in JeffCity, MO

Wife, Mother to 2 sons, plus 4 cats, & lots of aquarium fish

Chicken Keeper to 2012: Hens: 5 Reds, 3 Barred Rocks, 1 white EE, &  an EE roo; 2013: 3 EE, 2 Austra Whites, 1 Black Austrlorp pullets

DS1:  WCBlack & Blue Polish Polish month olds

DS2: D'uccles - 3 hens, 1 roo

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post #4 of 5
8/9/12 at 5:52pm

it would get nasty fast when wet.   I would compost it instead and use around pen and garden as deterents.   what do you wash them with though??

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post #5 of 5
8/10/12 at 4:40am
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Yep sure is nasty when wet, I threw some around the outside of the pen, since I'm having a fox roam around and it rained and it's a mess out there on the ground...
I wash the dog In what ever shampoo is called for, such as the skin condition, allergys, fleas, dirtiness/oil in hair. I use natural flea shampoos no chemicals.


I threw dirty hair around the run.
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