Hens jumping and pecking at my teeth!

[tweedy]

If you feed a lower protein feed the poo will be less strong. Since ive been feeding garvo its much drier too.

[Clover]

I spose it's not so much the smell but the amount of poo...

[dannyson]

I was referring to the smell of the red top fly trap - as it begins to fill up .......... I can't actually smell the chicken poo at all (not that I put my nose up to it!) - so thats not an issue - but yes - there is a hell of a lot of poo - especially now I can see the many droppings in the main run on the slabs - no longer covered in gravel - still ..... should be a lot easier to dustpan up and sprinkle with bio dry or whatever ....... I'm keen to keep the area smelling 'sweet' and not like a chicken farm (we all know how dreadful that smells.....) - as you can tell.... I'm clearly a 'suburban man' - don't think I would ever a farmer make.......

Will be interesting to see how it all works out if we ever get rain again ...... not had any here for around 3 months I would say! (apart from 5 minutes drizzle - which was only 'nuisance rain' a week or so ago - its like a scorched earth here in mid Herts ... unreal!

[monicalock]

if you want to see poo then give them Ropadir. honestly, their little dollops became enormous green cow pats - OMG!

[Clover]

I HATE the big green poop, I don't mind the long thin ones as they are easier to brush away, the green ones smear terribly & the hose is the only answer

[dannyson]

Removing the gravel and having just slabs in the 'aviary' - just dustpanning whatever sort of poo they deposit has been a massive improvement for me .... as for the chickens - I'm not so sure ......... I'm keeping an eye on their footwork in case they get sore feet! (I was told they would - even on any sort of gravel) But they still have an earth run to dig up as they want!