Usage of lime.

[Moonowl999]

Just over a year with chickens. Please tell me about using lime or first Saturday lime

 

[DobieLover]

Just over a year with chickens. Please tell me about using lime or first Saturday lime

I've never used it. Never needed to. I keep the coop and run dry and there is no odor.
Where is it that you want to use it and why?

 

[ValarieF]

Just over a year with chickens. Please tell me about using lime or first Saturday lime

I use first saturday lime its safe and works great.

 

[Moonowl999]

I've never used it. Never needed to. I keep the coop and run dry and there is no odor.
Where is it that you want to use it and why?

I just see everybody using the Saturday line and wondering if it's something I should use to keep bugs away. I clean my coop. It's not real smelly I mean they're chickens , they're going to smell a little

 

[ValarieF]

I just see everybody using the Saturday line and wondering if it's something I should use to keep bugs away. I clean my coop. It's not real smelly I mean they're chickens , they're going to smell a little

its great for bugs

 

[Iluveggers]

How do you use it? In the coop, just sprinkled? On the run floor?

 

[DobieLover]

I just see everybody using the Saturday line and wondering if it's something I should use to keep bugs away. I clean my coop. It's not real smelly I mean they're chickens , they're going to smell a little

Well, I guess not everybody!
Most external parasites on chickens are introduced by wild birds. Chickens (and wild birds) manage them by dust bathing.
Again, by keeping the coop and run as dry as possible, it dries out the poops and won't attract other bugs. If your birds do end up with lice or mites you can treat with permethrin based poultry spray or dust. If you do regular health checks and examine their skin you can catch things before you end up with an infestation.

 

[SmiYa0126]

After I clean their run and coop I sprinkle on coop floor and in the run, covering the perimeter really well. It's great at keeping ants out, and also helped with the smell this spring after we had too much rain.

 

[Moonowl999]

How do you use it? In the coop, just sprinkled? On the run floor?

That is what I am asking. I see everyone using it for almost everything.putting it in drinking water, dust baths, floors.

 

[ValarieF]

That is what I am asking. I see everyone using it for almost everything.putting it in drinking water, dust baths, floors.

just sprinkle it where ever you want it