Lime

[jfremin]

Will lime hurt chickens, I know it's good to keep smell down?

 

[jak2002003]

Yes it will if you use too much.. It will burn their feet and legs.

I have never used it so I can not recommend how much to use. Hopefully someone can help.

 

[jfremin]

Yes it will if you use too much.. It will burn their feet and legs.

I have never used it so I can not recommend how much to use.  Hopefully someone can help.

Thanks

 

[crawly01]

I just recently(10 minutes ago)spread a generous lot of hydrated lime in my coop. Enough to cover the floor, and walls(as best as it will stick). I've done this before, and had no trouble with burning myself or the chickens.

 

[Spookwriter]

Someone asked this recently...here is the information I gave themIs it Ag lime or Hydrated Lime? Hydrated will kill them...

here is the information from the Dept. of Agriculture

There are two different kinds of lime.

Hydrated lime, slake lime, or "burn lime"- This is pure white. Hydrated lime is very caustic, so the bag will have a warning on it. This is the kind of lime you use for white wash . This lime will burn you and your livestock. Do not use it on the floor. Do not breath it.

Agricultural lime, "ag lime", "garden lime", "barn lime" or dolomite- This lime is gray and can be used to spread on the floor of your barn. This is safe for you and your livestock. It will not burn.

In the past we spread Ag. lime on our barn floor because it provides an antibacterial quality, dries out and "sweetens" the floor , and also it makes it easier to clean, for some people.

If you just ask for lime at your feed store, they will probably give you hydrated lime. If you say it's for the barn floor they will still probably give you hydrated. Please be safe, get the "Ag" limentibacterial quality, dries out and "sweetens" the floor , and also it makes it easier to clean, for some people.

If you just ask for lime at your feed store, they will probably give you hydrated lime. If you say it's for the barn floor they will still probably give you hydrated. Please be safe, get the "Ag" lime



*This was a post back in 08 by Cetawin. Looks like a longish thread, 46 posts on it.

 

[crawly01]

My lime came in a brown bag, reads hydrated lime. I bare hand it, and have never been burned by it. Maybe it's different stuff, but I let the chickens out while I spread it. Supposedly it suffocates the mites, and kills the smell as well.

 

[ivan3]

The hydrated is safer than quicklime. It apparently can be used to good effect in Very small amounts.

Brief precis of its use in the bedding of poults (note the amounts): http://japr.fass.org/content/14/4/721.abstract

We mix in ADE with the wood chips. It serves a both a desiccant and low and slow insecticide. If the chooks kick the dust up, or we're cleaning, we don't worry about getting some dust in the air (doesn't irritate eyes and throat).

Ag lime is innocuous.