Has anyone here used Chick Flic in their coop?

[beddyBoom]

Looks spendy, but if it works...

https://www.amazon.com/Chic-Flic-FBA_56681-CHICK-Eliminator/dp/B00JC5DGUU

 

[sylviethecochin]

Compared to Sweet PDZ:

1 tsp = 1 sq ft/wk: Eliminator
Cat litter is about .7 grams per mililiter. I'd guess that this is about the same.

5 pounds = 2270 grams = 1589 mililiters = 322 tsp. = 322 sq. feet = 2254 days of coverage on one square foot.

40 lb covers 144 sq foot horse stall for a month: PDZ

5 lb = 18 sq. ft. for thirty days = 324 days of coverage on one square foot.

Eliminator = $3.60/lb
(Horse) PDZ = $1.00/lb.

Both are "all natural" PDZ claims to be non-toxic. The other does not. Perhaps an oversight?

Fuller's Earth is the main ingredient in Eliminator. Fuller's Earth can be any clay-based absorbent. I am uncomfortable about the fact that they don't give a name.

Looks like the Chick flick is actually cheaper, if used according to instructions, but it's late. Feel free to correct my math.

Just had to comment on one of the comments:
"It's perfectly safe if ingested. It's all natural."
So's arsenic.

 

[aart]

"Patented Ingredient" Pffft!
That's covering their butts, eh?

I'd bet it's mostly zeolite...like PDZ...which only costs me about 50 cents a pound if bought in the horse aisle....much more if you buy the smaller bag in the chicken aisle.

Fuller's Earth is the main ingredient in Eliminator. Fuller's Earth can be any clay-based absorbent. I am uncomfortable about the fact that they don't give a name.

Curious where you found this info.....I couldn't find a company website that worked.

 

[sylviethecochin]

"Patented Ingredient" Pffft!
That's covering their butts, eh?

I'd bet it's mostly zeolite...like PDZ...which only costs me about 50 cents a pound if bought in the horse aisle....much more if you buy the smaller bag in the chicken aisle.

Curious where you found this info.....I couldn't find a company website that worked.

It's on the back of the bag, along with acidic calcium sulfate. Go to the link and blow up the picture.

I really don't like the "patented ingredient" thing either.

 

[beddyBoom]

Compared to Sweet PDZ:

1 tsp = 1 sq ft/wk: Eliminator
Cat litter is about .7 grams per mililiter. I'd guess that this is about the same.

5 pounds = 2270 grams = 1589 mililiters = 322 tsp. = 322 sq. feet = 2254 days of coverage on one square foot.

40 lb covers 144 sq foot horse stall for a month: PDZ

5 lb = 18 sq. ft. for thirty days = 324 days of coverage on one square foot.

Eliminator = $3.60/lb
(Horse) PDZ = $1.00/lb.

Both are "all natural" PDZ claims to be non-toxic. The other does not. Perhaps an oversight?

Fuller's Earth is the main ingredient in Eliminator. Fuller's Earth can be any clay-based absorbent. I am uncomfortable about the fact that they don't give a name.

Looks like the Chick flick is actually cheaper, if used according to instructions, but it's late. Feel free to correct my math.

Just had to comment on one of the comments:
"It's perfectly safe if ingested. It's all natural."
So's arsenic.

These things unnerve me . The reason I'm raising chicks is to control what's in the eggs - MY food. It chronically irks me that it's soooooo much work to find out what "natural" means.

 

[aart]

It chronically irks me that it's soooooo much work to find out what "natural" means.

Me Too!!
IMO 'natural' is mostly a marketing term, much abused for the last 3 decades.
You'll have to decide what 'natural' means to you,
then be vigilant about learning ingredients and materials.