Floor Substrates

[wilkins]

hi greenlands

first i put down hemicore , then i added a thin layer of cat litter granules then where the builds up is i add a covering of cats litter under perchs after a few months it seems to work on it own with a little cats litter in the heavy areas, my stock loft has grills but now these have been removed and the litter is down as i prefer this, i dont rake it at all as its best left to do its own thing

my shed is very dry(cork dry) this is vital i have a 3 inch opening full length of the back and side at roof height plus ground vents front and back every 6 feet,

i am not sure if the ground vents are needed but as i have them  i kept them, i have  asthma but dont have any problems you never seem to see dust flying around, make sure you but the quality cats litter its not much more but well worth it

[greenlands]

Hi Wilkins,thanks for the reply .

Lindsay.

[wilkins]

greenlands

i should have added i done think it will work in section with a lot of birds no matter how well vented due to the build up as the litter needs time to work

i have 18 cocks in 11-12 feet if i raced natural in this section i may have to use less box's , my ybs will be  40 babies  in a 10 foot by 6 foot shed

[owen101]

i dont use any covering as i prefer scraping out as i spend time with the birds

but may try this in the long run

 

all the best

owen

[wilkins]

i dont use any covering as i prefer scraping out as i spend time with the birds

but may try this in the long run

 

all the best

owen

 

 

im a bit stuck to clean out 2-3 times a day , due to full time work  10-12 hours 5 days a week,and i fly on me own but im now glad i dont have to have cleaning out routine i still enjoy my time with them never had them so tame as every time i feed i now have time to hand feed all of them which was time spent with the scraper in the past, i thought the dropping would build all over the floor but it dont and my floor is always dry as a bone in the past its was wet where dropping were like under the perchs etc if i had not cleaned out and i used to hate this build up, take today i had half day at work home just after 2pm now while a had a wash i let the birds out  then spent half hour feeding them by hand rather than having to scrap them out

 

[Guest stb-]

Hi i use hemp core . I put stalosan on the floor first and put about 4inches hemp core in

 

give it a quick rake every day to keep it dry ,  if you leave it and the droppings accumulate it gets damp and wasted and will stick to feet and smell