Wills saxonys
In the Brooder
how do you keep your coop smelling fresh for your ducks ?
We use sawdust and hay
We use sawdust and hay
- Fine sawdust for them to sit down on mainly in the large area of the coop
- Hay in the rear section of the coop where they lay there lovely eggs
- And freshly cut lavender buds mixed in to the sawdust.
- Ventilation is absolute key to keeping the smell down but also helping to replace that damp wet air that the ducks make when coming in from the pool
- We have a heated floor to help keep the sawdust dry (ish) and we also use a IR lamp if it’s really cold and damp, I know a lot of people say “ ducks are hardy, they don’t need a heat lamp” but I like to make sure my boys and girls are snug, so controlling the temperature in the coop is a big point of interest for my self.
- We have a vinyl floor with white rock walls (plastic-sheet) so it’s pretty much a quick spray and scrub, then finish up by using a squeegee to remove any water from the walls and floor
- We did use lavender oil in the sawdust, but this was costly. And I prefer the more natural approach.