hi, new member....

Spot on mate

ive hated stood at the loft trying to get them in and them taking no notice of me....but when they have been feeding ybs what else can i do ? im hoping they get back to normal whan the last yb has gone as ive one left in the nest...

david i let mine out close doors put up flags for 1 hour on morn and the same at teatime then open the doors after the hour

what about cleaning out ian, with the dust etc....do you do it with the doors closed ?

yes i do david but ive got spinning vents on top of loft which pulls out the dust

If you use sand and lime in large amounts then you will have dust butif you have bare floors you should have very little dust

i use that versa larga (or something like that) floor whitener every day and try to use as little as possible....used lime years ago but it gets on the back of your throat so i couldnt use that again....im quite happy with the floor whitener,although sometimes when i dont think i need to use it i dont...plus this helps to keep the dust down...

David for me bare floors is the best, no dust, plus you can see the droppings of the birds and seeif anything is wrong

If you use deep litter you can not check the droppings and this causes loads of dust

i use deep litter and i find its easier to check a birds droppings by its box or perch then you know what one is not right

welcome wraggydoll2008

Yes but if you have lots of sand on the floor and boxes it is hard to check the droppings

i use straw in my stock shed during breeding and although i like it, its sometimes very dusty when i move it around......ive heard of some stuff like cat litter, anyone used it or know what it is ?

Yes mix cat litter with sand as this hels dry up the droppings as i used this method with my dad many years ago

But to clean it you have to riddle to sand to remove the droppings very dusty

yes, dust is a problem in my loft especially with the straw....when i use the floor whitener i try use as little as possible as although its not nice for me the birds have to live in it.....

to beat bust you need to have a bare floor and only use floor whitener when you need to use it

yes, sometimes i dont use it but its the damp areas that concern me incase they cause disease....

if you have damp areas just put a small amount on the area and brush it into the damp area

strange but in my yearlings section when i scrape out there are damp patches where the droppings have been, but in the ybs the droppings are bone dry when i clean out and very rarely need the flor whitener, i just scrape the dry droppings up and the floor is nice and dry.....?

mind you maybe its because ive only got 5 ybs...

then again ive only got 6 yearlings

if you have plenty of air moving in the loft then all droppings should be dry

when pigeons are stressed or have something wrong with them there dropings will be lose and wet doesnt matter how much air flow you have in your loft ,

what do you have in your loft don do you have bare floors or deep litter , i use sand but riddle it thro and have no problems what so ever

when i got my loft it had tounge and grooved flooring but ive covered it with chipboard and this makes it easy to scrape out every day, and then i usually put floor whitener down unless sometimes i think it doesnt need it as it can be fairly dusty......