Baking Soda to control odor in little coop?

[jmc]

I have a small rookie's henhouse 3 1/2 ft. front to back & 5 ft. wide; 42 in. high in back & 48 in. high in front.

Anyone ever heard of using Baking Soda sprinkled over bedding to control odors?

 

[hooligan]

What are you using for bedding now?
I use pine shavings and unless I get lazy and not clean it out when i should, mine doesn't have odor issues. But I would think baking soda would be okay to use

Btw, what order are you in?

 

[miss_jayne]

use DE to cut down odor and pests. according to this: http://www.delta-education.com/msds/Sodium_Bicarbonate.pdf

it is an irritant to the lungs.

best to your chickies!

 

[Akane]

DE is also an irritant and comes with warnings not to breathe it in. I don't think either one is really better than the other for respiratory health. Personally I'd rather avoid adding any powders and just clean more frequently.

 

[Emzyyy]

they have sprays to keep odor down for my hedgehog, and for ferrets idk if its okay to use for your chickens but if it okay for a hedgehog im guessing its okay for a chicken because hedgehogs are sensitive.

 

[reallemons1]

Lime is good to 'sweeten' soil and is good to neutralize that amonia smell. We use it in our horse stalls and the chicken house.

 

[keljonma]

I think baking soda would just clump up if it got wet. Try to get some Sweet PDZ. I buy it at the local feed store.

http://www.sweetpdz.com/

 

[hooligan]

How much does a bag of that run, keljonma?

 

[keljonma]

The local feed store (Western Reserve Farm Co-op) sells it in 2 sizes:
10# costs $4.99 and 40# costs $12.99

On the Sweet PDZ site, they have a place where you can look for a local distributor.

 

[jmc]

Thanks folks!

If I had access to Chase Manhattan bank, I'd try DE. It's like 8.00 a pound up here.

Those of you who say it's an irritant to the lungs, are you saying that it can harm the birds' lungs or that humans shouldn't breath the dust.

I use pine shavings in the coop. I am trying to do deep litter in it, but that'll have to be another post soon to come!

My 'order'? You may click on the website thing near my post to see more than you probably care to know about Chickenmonks life of prayer and labor!