LOFT CLEANING

[chris h]

I put litter on the floor of my loft and just clean it out once a week. I used to do it every 2 days. how often do you clean yours out

[david.j]

scrape out every morning

[JAS]

Every day except xmas day and the Sat of the Blackpool show in the winter. Racing season 2 or 3 times a day. Don,t like deep litter but also been in lofts who use deep litter and it suits them but not for me.

[greenlands]

Every time I go into the loft,may be only twice depending on the weather,then again could be 4/5 or even 6 times especially when feeding young birds.

Lindsay

[fred smyth]

every time im in loft i use scraper , never used floor dressing ,

[ALF]

Old bird and y/b loft every couple of days but stock loft floor has not been cleaned from January although the nest boxes in it have been I'm seriously thinking of leaving the stock loft floor and trying to break the sh!t down with something as it is as dry as a bone and is a great deep litter...

[cemetary]

Every couple of days if the weather is fine, cleaned oot the stock loft the day,  

[chickadee]

New regime, I scrape out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in the old loft and new loft aviary, deep litter in the new loft sections raked over, big lumps removed and sprinkled with Stalosan F on a Friday

Just feed and water at the w/e

[OLDYELLOW]

everyday twice a day 45 minutes to clean and feed 3 sections

[Guest bakes]

twice a day morning and night scrap perch's,nestboxs. since ive stopped using straw as loft floor dressing floor gets scraped the same once in the morning once at night

all the best

[Guest Freebird]

All perches etc. scraped and sand on floor sieved once a day. In winter (due to dark nights) it is left for two days in eight when I'm on 12 hour dayshifts. Only do this cause it's the way I like it looking but think in a good dry well vented loft deep droppings litter would be best as the dust etc will stick to the droppings and get covered etc. I just don't have the patience to wait that long and it would annoy me. Some people never clean the loft floor from year to year and the birds are probably healthier (no dust) than most. It's all down to personal preference and time etc.

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

wish i had the time to scrape out as many times as some of you on here

 

crikey some of you must folow the birds around with a scraper all day

 

now thats what i call dedication   (hehe)(hehe)(hehe)(hehe)

[GRAHAM MITCHELL]

once a day sometimes twice a day at the weekend

[BLACK W F]

stop hanging around the burger van and you would have plenty time Bryan

[aye ready]

wish i had the time to scrape out as many times as some of you on here

 

crikey some of you must folow the birds around with a scraper all day

 

now thats what i call dedication   (hehe)(hehe)(hehe)(hehe)

 

me anaw i'm away from 7.30 in the morning till 6.15 at night manage to get home at dinnertime for 15 mins to feed and water them tho' doesnt do them any harm tho'

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

are you kidding if i did that amount of scraping i would be half way to austrailia by now

my god (shrug)(shrug)(shrug)(shrug)

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

yes i know how you feel i am away most of the day too but to scrape out that many times in a week  in my opinion silly silly silly sorry people   (dizzy)(dizzy)(dizzy)(dizzy)(dizzy)

[marmite]

me once a week  on a sunday if i got time this time of the yr.  racing season once a day . youngbirds i dont clean out from when i wean till end of yb season  believe in natural immunity

[BLACK W F]

i but you plenty time always getting rained off  ha ha ha

[Roundo]

My lofts are cleaned out twice a day everyday, probably with the exception of Xmas & New Years day.

We have done this for years, as we prefer to have the lofts spotless.

 

Colin.

[Guest BRYANBROCK]

rainy days doesnt mean time to scrape

or maybe i missed  something so thats what i have been doing wrong

 

srape out to win

 

(evil)(evil)(evil)(evil)(evil)

[wayne77]

With work in the week....just clean once a week this time of year.  Use harkers loft white and paving sand(dry sand).

 

In racing season widow cocks and hens daily....young birds twice week.  But stock(except for nest boxes) weekly.

[Guest TAMMY_1]

I scrape out the lofts I look after  once every day because they have stone floors , and Liz cleans out the lofts she looks once a day but she has easi- bed in her lofts and they have wooden floors

[Guest IB]

Limited daylight hours plus the birds are deep in the moult, so can only get them cleaned out at weekends. They are on deep litter which I turn over at weekends.

[sammy]

clean out once a month lift all grills scrape clean then disinfect the use the burner ,must say thou7gh by the time i have lifted grills i could have had lofts all scraped out