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post #21 of 76
9/13/08 at 6:55pm
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Originally Posted by Oblio13 
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Originally Posted by eeiko321 

Chicken Poop In Coop!


[Dr Seuss] Would you clean it with a scoop? Would you clean it with some soup?[/Dr Seuss]


lau

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post #22 of 76
6/7/10 at 9:29am

it seems a lot of people mention DE here. can I ask what DE is?

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post #23 of 76
6/7/10 at 9:43am

food grade Diatomaceous Earth.  It has to be FOOD GRADE. You can sprinkle this in their coop, their run, add to their food.  It is a great product but again be sure it is FOOD GRADE Diatomaceous Earth.

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post #24 of 76
6/7/10 at 12:09pm

cool thanks for the info

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post #25 of 76
6/8/10 at 11:09pm

I agree with you Barnyard,  whew tiring just reading!  Our coop has hardware mesh on the bottom inside (roosting area) as well as the bottom of the run.  Under the roosting coop mesh I have a poop drawer that I take out every other day to empty in the compost heap and spray it down with water and then use a mixture of water and vinegar on it about once a week or so.  (they free range the back yard during the day and just use the attached  run when I can't be around to watch over them).  I powered all the inside walls and roosting bar with DE as well as the run lol and well pretty much my entire backyard.

DE also gets rid of fleas in the yard.

K Fox
Wife to the most amazing man. Momma of 3 boys, two boxers and four chickens.
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K Fox
Wife to the most amazing man. Momma of 3 boys, two boxers and four chickens.
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post #26 of 76
6/9/10 at 5:07am
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Originally Posted by JennsPeeps 
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Originally Posted by Oblio13 
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Originally Posted by eeiko321 

Chicken Poop In Coop!


[Dr Seuss] Would you clean it with a scoop? Would you clean it with some soup?[/Dr Seuss]


lau


Would you rake it in the lake?  Would you rake it with a stake?

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Official scribe of the citizens of Brahmalot, personal servant to the kings and queens therein. 

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post #27 of 76
6/9/10 at 5:12am

Once a year. I have a sub-ground dirt floor (see BYC page) with deep litter. The poo composts and I clean it out in the spring as fertilizer for my garden, then add clippings and rakings of pine needles etc. all summer long.

Just a old coot with some backyard chickens and a garden.
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Just a old coot with some backyard chickens and a garden.
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post #28 of 76
6/9/10 at 5:20am

I scoop the poo and litter out once a week then add fresh litter and DE in the coop, the run is dirt. When we mow the lawn the grass clippings are added on top of the dirt in there. Every week or so I rake out the grass clippings with lots of poo mixed in and add it to our compost. I scrape the roosts with a paint scraper and slather DE on those as well.

Seramas, Cochins, EE's, 1 Japanese hen, few frizzles & Too many roosters and a ton of babies cruising the yard. Home of the ninja squirrel.
I am Rachel but you can call me the ccl (crazy chicken lady)
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Seramas, Cochins, EE's, 1 Japanese hen, few frizzles & Too many roosters and a ton of babies cruising the yard. Home of the ninja squirrel.
I am Rachel but you can call me the ccl (crazy chicken lady)
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post #29 of 76
6/9/10 at 5:24am
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Originally Posted by mtnhomechick 
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Originally Posted by The Chicken Lady 

Step 1.  Remove chickens.

Step 2.  Shovel out litter.

Step 3.  Power wash and deck brush with a bleach/water solution.

Step 4.  Air dry.

Step 5.  Insert clean litter.

Step 6.  Insert chickens.

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I used bleach then I read on Estes Hatchery website to not EVER use bleach.


Hydrogen Peroxide does the same thing as Bleach but is safer.

Deb - with 3 wonderful boys (er young men),  maverick genius DH, 1 'Cocker Spanisha girl', 1 Great Pyr,  and 19 hens, 2 roosters.  Bees started in the hives.  5 alpacas, 1 guardian llama, 4  Nigerian Dwarf does and 4 Icelandic lamb ewes.  Life is good. 

No matter where you go, there you are.  BB

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Deb - with 3 wonderful boys (er young men),  maverick genius DH, 1 'Cocker Spanisha girl', 1 Great Pyr,  and 19 hens, 2 roosters.  Bees started in the hives.  5 alpacas, 1 guardian llama, 4  Nigerian Dwarf does and 4 Icelandic lamb ewes.  Life is good. 

No matter where you go, there you are.  BB

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post #30 of 76
6/9/10 at 5:24am

This is correct and very important:

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Originally Posted by JennsPeeps 

Allowing chicken poo and bleach to mix is a very bad idea.  Their poo has a high ammonia content.   When mixing ammonia and bleach, you get toxic gases called "chlorine gas".

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