Barn Lime in stinky covered run

[citychicken1]

Hello, Can any one tell me how much Barn Lime to apply to a 5x10 covered run? It's dry but boy dose it stink!

 

[colby318]

I'm going to subscribe to this thread since I heard it was a bad, bad thing to expose birds to lime. I'm hoping for a different opinion...

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I use a plastic coffee can (1 Gallon size). Punch a bunch of holes in the bottom. Then powered the flow like you were puttiong powdered sugar on something. A light dusting. Works great. Never has hurt the horses, goats, sheep, geese, ducks or chickens. My family has been doing it as long as I can remember.

Would like to know why it is dangerous.

 

[colby318]

googled it. SLATE lime is what I was thinking of. It'll burn the chickens feet when it gets wet. It must be what nefarious people use to dispose of a body....it'll dissolve it

 

[patandchickens]

Quicklime or slaked lime are the thing to avoid.

Barn or ag lime is fine as long as you aren't getting the dust in anyones' eyes/lungs and they are not trudging through great drifts of it

I would suggest a light dusting, as the previous poster said like powdered sugar for decoration on baked goods, so that you can still see the ground through it. Then go over lightly with a rake to start it mixing together.

If you are wondering how much to *buy* I couldn't tell you in pounds but experience and gut feeling is that you would want something on the order of a large coffee can's worth, maybe a bit more. -Ish. That is, not just a pound, and not a 100-lb sack.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[Bearsfan]

Ag lime or dolomite is fine for the chickens.

Hydrated lime is bad news.