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redwhitepied In egg (newbie)
Posts : 19 Join date : 2011-01-09 Age : 46 Location : sunderland
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:57 pm | |
| i like to use straw for the nests i wait till the misses has gone out get some in a bag and microwave it kills all the bugs that are in the stems of the straw |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43223 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:18 pm | |
| - ian wrote:
- yes but prefer straw for nest material tho
yes i also use straw for them to nest with, but ive found if you have it on the floor as deep litter it tends to get damp eventually and stinks....... also have used sand in the bottom of the bowls and straw for the nest. since last year ive started to wrap the nestbowls in newspaper. |
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Alex Youngbird
Posts : 3337 Join date : 2010-09-22 Age : 85
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:23 pm | |
| Saw that on the dvd david....in newspaper |
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spencerline Hatchling
Posts : 316 Join date : 2011-01-12 Age : 61 Location : Algarve Portugal
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:25 pm | |
| The birds love the straw as they like to build their own nests at least some of them do anyway, lol I use coconut matting in the nest bowls and give the birds a bit of straw to put in for themselves.
Coconut matting doesnt get damp easily and lets air circulate right through it also it is very warm and is moth proof. You can buy it cheaper at the market gardeners than if you buy it for pigeons in ready made rounds. As soon as something is on the market for pigeons the price trebles.
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delbar Hatchling
Posts : 218 Join date : 2012-07-05
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:26 am | |
| i have hemcore down at the minute in yb loft and straw in the stock loft next year i will put old birds onto either grills or put a plywood floor in and scrape out daily???? found the hemcore a little too dusty for my liking. |
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Gaz b Oldbird
Posts : 6221 Join date : 2011-10-06 Age : 60 Location : Coming to a club near you
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:43 am | |
| I'm not a deep littler fan in any form, I just use a sprinkling of shavings, I also put shavings in the bottom of the nestbowls and give them straw for the nests. |
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delbar Hatchling
Posts : 218 Join date : 2012-07-05
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:10 am | |
| - Gaz b wrote:
- I'm not a deep littler fan in any form, I just use a sprinkling of shavings, I also put shavings in the bottom of the nestbowls and give them straw for the nests.
tend to agree gaz just couldnt find the time to do it all this year, pressure from mrs etc trying to get my garden kitted out etc will be revamping my loft at end of season and hope to put new floors in then not even fissed if its chipboard or like i say floor grills with a light sand dusting just wary of mice with the grills in |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43223 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:28 pm | |
| in my stock shed i use the laysoft horse bedding, this is good because it only gets dusty when its old and been down a while, it also means im not constantly cleaning out, altho i scrape the perches most days..........
in my yb section i prefer sraped floors with a little bit of floor whitener down. |
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peel bros Oldbird
Posts : 13064 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 59 Location : south shields
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:56 pm | |
| deep litter for me ,more time with the birds as a result of using it ,as we would,nt hve much time left |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43223 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:29 pm | |
| when i had bare floors and scraped out every day it meant that by the time id finished cleaning all the sections out, i had very little time to spend with the pigeons..........this is why i like the laysoft in a few sections. |
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oldstrain Oldbird
Posts : 16306 Join date : 2011-01-03 Location : the magic roundabout
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:03 pm | |
| deep litter is excellent for building the ybs immunity and if deep enough should never be dusty as the dust lyes underneath the litter but i do scrape perches and boxes daily but each to his own |
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Don Webb Oldbird
Posts : 14926 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 51 Location : Tipton
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Don Webb Oldbird
Posts : 14926 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 51 Location : Tipton
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:11 pm | |
| - oldstrain wrote:
- deep litter is excellent for building the ybs immunity and if deep enough should never be dusty as the dust lyes underneath the litter but i do scrape perches and boxes daily but each to his own
Daz that is 110% correct mate were immunity come in place |
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Rudderfett Youngbird
Posts : 2152 Join date : 2009-09-27 Age : 55 Location : pembrokeshire
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:18 pm | |
| I used to be a clean floor man and to a certain extent I still am..however my youngbirds were never all that healthy as the floors were sterile, since I have started cleaning ybs out every 3/4 days they are much healthier. I do prefer a clean loft and I do keep it fairly clean but a dirty loft isnt always unhealthy....I kept my stock birds on deep litter for years and still do, and they are bouncing healthy, but the minute your loft gets even damp you must scrape out and start again, thats a warning to deep litter men it must be totally dust dry all the time. |
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David Oldbird
Posts : 43223 Join date : 2009-03-18 Location : Leeds
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:44 pm | |
| with me having only 11 ybs i dont need to clean out every day, i usually scrape out a couple of times a week as theres hardly anything to scrape out........... |
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Don Webb Oldbird
Posts : 14926 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 51 Location : Tipton
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:50 pm | |
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VanReet Man123 Youngbird
Posts : 1024 Join date : 2011-03-04 Age : 50 Location : Great Harwood
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Fri Jul 06, 2012 6:01 pm | |
| Our youngbirds are on deep litter turn it over every couple of days they like dossing on the shavings on the floor. |
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Don Webb Oldbird
Posts : 14926 Join date : 2009-03-27 Age : 51 Location : Tipton
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:43 am | |
| - VanReet Man123 wrote:
- Our youngbirds are on deep litter turn it over every couple of days they like dossing on the shavings on the floor.
The more comfitable the more content your birds will be and for me the more prizes to be won |
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geordiejen Hatchling
Posts : 386 Join date : 2010-03-09 Age : 52 Location : clydebank
| Subject: Re: deep litter or bare floors Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:12 pm | |
| ive tried deep litter and dont like it,much prefere to see the droppings each day and its a good way of checking the birds health. |
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