smelly coop

[fire sale chick]

I have a 5X8' coop with a sand base. It is starting to smell. What can I do to keep the smell down?

 

[jetdog]

Does it have a roof covering it,i clean mine with a cat litter scoop,add a little DE,if in the coop clean with the cat litter scoop and add sweet pdz should help.

 

[redsix]

Wood chips may help.

 

[Mtn Laurel]

Yeah, I had the same problem with sand and I only had it under the roosts. Removed it and replaced with deep litter. No more odor problems since then.

 

[Cacique500]

Clean it, keep it dry, and add some Sweet PDZ. We have a 4x6 with 5 hens and ZERO odor (cleaned weekly). Our entire coop base is sweet pdz.

 

[ChickenMammX4]

We have 6 chicks in a 8' x 9' coop. The floor is wood shavings, the poop board under the roost is filled with PDZ that I sift daily with a cat litter scooper. They have been in there exclusively for almost 3 weeks since the run isn't finished. Even though we've had some pretty warm weather, there is no odor.

As soon as I can put them in the run I want to add another bag of woods shaving along with a bag of PDZ on the floor.

I thinking of using sand in the run. Even thought it will be covered, when the grass is gone I'm afraid it will become a muddy, smelly mess. I'm hoping the sand mixed with PDZ will work. Maybe add straw, grass clipping or leaves as well.

 

[fire sale chick]

I guess I misstated it. The coop is ok, I use PDZ in there, it is the outside run that smells.