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still broodymy 2 bantams havent laid now for 2 weeks, i know for sure that babs is broody because everytime i open the nesting box she is there and its about as difficult to move her as it is to get my wife out of clothes shops! henrietta hasnt been nesting but she hasnt laid. how long can this go on for? is he...
Broody bantam again....so ive had my 2 hybrid bantams since february and in that time henrietta has been broody twice and each time ive moved her out of the nesting box and blocked it up once babs has layed and after about a week henrietta goes back to normal. This time its babs turn to be broody and she is proving to be ...
Re: covering runsthanks for the replies. i got some polythene from work last week and covered the run and low and behold all the smells have gone! its amazing and its certainly made my wife happy!
Re: What treats?i boil up the stalk of the brocolli which is left after taking off the florets, i boil it for about 10 minutes and they love it. they also go mad for lettuce
covering runsmany of you have suggested i cover my run to prevent smells, now i feel a bit stupid asking but do you mean cover the outside of the run with tarpaulin so nasty niffs cant get out? or do you mean something on the floor?
Re: smells updatewhat do you cover yours with?
smells updateok so after having stalosan f recommended by several people i ordered a 1kg bag to try it out, i gave the run a fairly good sprinkling and it definately covered the smell up, but by the next morning the effects had gone and the smell was still pretty bad so i left it a couple of days and did it agai...
Re: smellswell i waited until my girls had gone to bed so the run would be nice and clear and i put a liberal sprinkling of stalosan f down on the run floor and this morning was a noticeable difference in smell.......quite literally a breath of fresh air!
Re: smellshave took delivery of 1kg of stalosan f this morning so will give it a try, i have also have a tray made in the factory at work which will sit in the nesting box to make for easy cleaning
Re: smellsi have ordered some stalosan f and am going to get some wood chippings at the weekend and hopefully that will sort it
thanks for all the advice
Re: smellswill order some and give it a go!
Re: smellsthanks for the advice karen, i have found it for sale on amazon but there is a farm stores place near to me so i will see if they have and compare prices
how often do you use it?
Re: smellsthanks i will give them a try, where do you recommend buying them from? online or in a store?
smellsother than keeping the nesting box and house clean does anybody have any advice about the smell of the run? i dug about 4 inches out a couple of weeks ago which smelt rancid by the way and i put some fresh soil down but the smell is still quite bad. Someone told me that pete can absorb some smell? a...
Re: THE BEER-B-Qits actually a piece of perforated steel which to be honest didnt work all that well as the holes were quite small so i had to drill them bigger on the previous ones i had made i used some old oven shelves and just added some more bars on them so the food wouldnt fall through....................just...
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