So I was pondering my excessive use of papertowels in my brooder and I came up with a cheap and easy solution. I went to lowes and bought cheap cotton canvas dropcloths and cut them to fit the brooders, enough for 2 each so I can wash one while I'm using the other. The chicks have no problems with caught nails, they shake out easily and clean well and then you can even wash them in a light bleach solution to sanatize them between batches of chicks! Not a bad solution for around 8 bucks.
Brilliant! that is a really good idea. I especially love the fact that you can add a little bleach to sanitize between uses. way to use your noggin haha
I think that's a great option for some people...good thinking. However, I don't really want to wash that much chicken poo...I just put the poopy paper towels in my compost pile. It'll be great for my garden next year
Right now I don't have access to my compost (I'm renovating a farm house but not living there) I compost in cat litter buckets, but as soon as I have the house (and coop!) up and running the compost idea is a great idea too!!
I love the drop cloth idea. I wish I had thought of this for this year. I will definately use it the next time. I am all for eco friendly..........
