Cleaning How long ?

[Guest TAMMY_1]

As I have to work full time I have limited time in the loft, I normally  spend 1/2 hr first thing (6.30 am) doing drinkers then about an hour scraping floors of a night,  (7.00pm- 8pm) this means that on my day off and Sunday it takes all day to give the loft a good thorough clean, for example today its took me about 7 hrs in there   with doing all boxes and cleaning and dressing the floors , loft is 24ft x 8

im NOT complaining by the way, but wondering if im been too fussy keeping it clean,any time saving tips appreciated.

How long do you guys and girls spend cleaning ?

 

Normally takes me about 90 minutes to sort my 3 lofts, but double that just now as I am doing six,and it is best  not" fussy" to keep them as clean as you can, so keep at it mate

[wilkins]

As I have to work full time I have limited time in the loft, I normally  spend 1/2 hr first thing (6.30 am) doing drinkers then about an hour scraping floors of a night,  (7.00pm- 8pm) this means that on my day off and Sunday it takes all day to give the loft a good thorough clean, for example today its took me about 7 hrs in there   with doing all boxes and cleaning and dressing the floors , loft is 24ft x 8

im NOT complaining by the way, but wondering if im been too fussy keeping it clean,any time saving tips appreciated.

How long do you guys and girls spend cleaning ?

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have you tried deep litter? poles/v perchs instead of box perchs

i have changed to the above a saved a lot of time in the morning , if you buy the bhw stud book 2010 have a read of gary inkleys article

 

 

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hens kept on grill floor , ,

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tray put in for trapping and feeding then removed, hope this helps great when moulting

[Guest Freebird]

To clean or not to clean? If the birds are healthy then I don't think it matters and is just down to personal preference and time available. I clean out once a day as I have the time to do so and don't like a messy loft. As long as they are not feeding from floor they will be fine. Even lofts that are cleaned twice a day will harbour germs and bacteria ( unless you have nappies on the birds, ha ha! ) so I don't think it makes any difference if you clean every day or not at all and birds will develope better constitution, I think. Clean food, water and grits etc. are more important in my view.