How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] smelly box in basement

Monday, March 28, 2011

Re: [CHICKENS-101] smelly box in basement

Not saying your basement is damp, but lower levels tend to have damper air than upper levels, and odor particles cling to damp air making them more noticeable. Do you remove the used paper from the basement each time you change it? That helps to get it out of the house immediately. If you have a dehumidifier, run it. Or an air cleaner.

I use towels under baby chicks and change them several times a day. Roll up the new towel and lay it in one end of the tub or other enclosure. Having removed the feeders and waterers, roll up the soiled towel as you unroll the fresh one. The chicks will migrate to the 'used' end as the towel roll advances toward them so at some point you have to stop and shoo them all to the fresh end.

Georgia

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--- On Mon, 3/28/11, bill lapp <bill33777@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: bill lapp <bill33777@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] smelly box in basement
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 9:19 PM

We are raising some chicks for some friends, the chicks are 4 weeks old and I am using hay for thier bedding, If I remember you could put lime to help reduce the smell but is it harmfull to chicks, they will hopefully be picked up in two weeks , but what to do before then???