stinky, stinky, stinky!!!

[jeanne25]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!
We covered the run with a tarp. I sprinkled some garden grade lime, then sand, then some DE for good measure.
Within an hour the smell was better and by the end of the day the smell was much better.
This morning it was horrible. It smelled like very bad diarrhea!! It was a soupy mess and we really were feeling like "what have we gotten ourselves into?" But after just a few hours, things were MUCH better!
The chicks seem to like the sand. They scratch around, and mix it all up. I got play yard sand though, which is very fine. When we are ready to add sand to the permanent run I'll get more course sand.
I hope the rains stay away until we can get the coop and run finished.
Than you everyone for your help.
Jeanne

 

[ChickenAl]

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They'll dust bathe in the play sand. You can always add and mix the coarse sand in later if you keep that as a run. I topped ours with some pines shavings (not much) and DE. It has been about 6 weeks with no smell. Most of the wet stuff gets trapped in the small amount of pine shavings and that is what I will clean out in a week or so.

 

[Brahma219]

The DE is good but the best thing u can dois dust it with 7 dust or anything like that. (It will also kill any mites if u have a problem with those!)