run deoderizer???

[OHhappychicks]

Our run really smells bad! It is new this spring. We have 24 teenagers in this run. It is very large, about 20' x 40'. We had a couple of pieces of metal roofing leaning up against the side to give a little shade. We put the feeder and waterer under this shelter. This is the We have had some heavy rain recently and it started to get moldy where the feed had spilled, so we moved the shelter to let the sun dry it up. It really smells!

I believe it probably is where the feed has been spilled and billed out. Just a reall sour smell. I was wondering if anyone uses anything in their run for odor? I was thinking of maybe sprinkling lime powder, but think it might be to caustic. Any suggestions or opinions? Thanks!

 

[chicken_noob]

Is it just a ole dirt run?

 

[Elite Silkies]

I add lime to mine and then rake it in, I have never had any problems. I also use DE

 

[OHhappychicks]

Its just dirt under the "shelter" part. Its about a 4'x4' area. The rest is grass. About half of them get out and free range every day.

 

[mshirk]

My run is all sand, and though it was clean all of a sudden over a few days it developed a horrible smell (super concentrated chicken stink in the heat). I bought a bag of Stall-Dri (basically DE), $12 for 40lbs, and raked in 1/4 of the bag (I only have a few chickens and a small coop / run combo). The ramp was also part of the smell, so I sprinkled some on there. By the next day, there was no smell AT ALL.

 

[OHhappychicks]

Thanks for the great advice! I do have DE. Will go sprinkle it around and have DH pick up some lime today. If that doesn't work we will try the stall-dri. Thanks for sharing!

The peeps on this site are the best.

 

[leadwolf1]

Wow...thanks so much for posting this thread! Due to all the extreme heat, mine's not smelling too great either

Heading out for DE!!

Thanks again

 

[OHhappychicks]

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I KNOW! The odor was so bad yesterday, You could smell it in the house!

With all the rain and high humidity, it isn't drying out. Going out right now to put the DE on!

 

[leadwolf1]

Oh, how we could use rain. We have had no measurable rainfall in over a month!!! But the heat and humidity are crazy...heat index at 105 today.

 

[OHhappychicks]

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We've had the same heat and humidity, but last week we had almost 3" of rain and Mon we had another 1 3/4". And because the humidity is so high, nothing is drying up very quickly. Just went out and applied the DE. Hope by this eve. it will smell alot better!

By the way, where are you from?