Farming Friends Forum Topic: Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud

Farming Friends Forum Topic: Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Farming Friends Forum Topic: Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud en Tue, 21 May 2013 13:19:46 +0000 starlight on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-19914 Sun, 20 May 2012 19:43:40 +0000 starlight 19914@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ I have ordered some rubber chippings to help with the mud problem :-) Annier on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-19262 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:03:14 +0000 Annier 19262@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Thanks Katy - that's reassuring, lets hope no-one comes back with anything negative!! Love your signature by the way - applies to me too!! Katydid on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-19258 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:35:02 +0000 Katydid 19258@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Hi Annier, I can't find anything about mistletoe and ducks but I'm sure others on here will be able to answer that. I live on a hillside so when it gets wet it becomes like a mud ski slope. I use mulch for my chickens and ducks and have had no problems with either. KT Annier on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-19255 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:42:42 +0000 Annier 19255@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Bringing this back up to the top because I wanted opinions on wood chippings as a surface for my chickens and ducks. This stuff is from an organic cider apple farm just down the road from where I live. Mostly it is apple tree shreddings with some mistletoe and what else ever grows around the apple trees. Is this going to be safe for my chickens/ducks - or should I think again. I don't want to use gravel as it will be far too expensive as the size of the run is nearly 200 sq mtrs! Any advise would be very welcome. Thanks. A quax on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-9232 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:20:48 +0000 quax 9232@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ We used rounded gravel by our pond and it works a treat. A bit expensive to put in all our muddy areas though (mind you, that would be most of the garden gravelled!!) pinkpoultry on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-9223 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:23:27 +0000 pinkpoultry 9223@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Hiya Mo, for the moment I have seperated the chickens and ducks, as the chickens were pecking the poor ducks all the time, for no reason and it was upsetting me. Poor duckies, so now they are seperate, and Im going to leave it like that for 2 weeks to see who are the culprits.....I have a feeling both sides are going to be as bad as each other to be honest! And then I think I will put some grass seeds down in the spring which is cordoned off as turf is very expensive. But I am going to put bark around the duckie pond for them to dry off on, or its just going to be a mud bath in no time if I turf/grass seed it all! I wouldnt use gravel? as its not really very natural, suppose could have a gravel area? or around the pond, I like them eating the grass but they have scoffed it all!!! oh dear. xx m40mo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-9219 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:27:40 +0000 m40mo 9219@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Laura just wondering if you have done anything and if its working, i have another area i want to improve and don't know whether to use gravel or bark gazzaroo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-9080 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:52:05 +0000 gazzaroo 9080@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Iv just put some mech down that I got from garden centre .. Works a treat admin on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-9033 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:48:06 +0000 admin 9033@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Hi Laura and everyone, I think Laura can see the photos that are hosted on the farmingfriends server and if the photos have come from facebook or photobucket then Laura can't see them??? Hope you are all having a good weekend. Mo I think the plastic netting you have on the ground is a good idea if you have grass and want to preserve it. This is the sort of thing that people do on grass for parking and walk ways when they have events. Best Wishes Sara @ farmingfriends quax on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-9022 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:15:49 +0000 quax 9022@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Sometimes when I get a particularly muddy area I chuck down some straw, this isn't brilliant long term, but it does help if it is really muddy. Mama on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8978 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:11:16 +0000 Mama 8978@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Don't understand why Laura can not see the pics maybe Sara can help. Glad I don't have the problems with crows and magpies, they are here but never come down for the food which I leave out all day . Don't think chooks could hurt their feet on plastic fencing but they would not like it as they could not scratch . Is it not possible to run your ducks and chooks seperate Laura as chooks do destroy the land . Mama lisamaslen on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8975 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:50:01 +0000 lisamaslen 8975@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ HI laura, I put bark chippings down they seen to just get mashed in with the mud,what a mess!!! what i now have done is dig dowm about 5" then put a weed sheet down then the bark chips on the top, so it can drain but they cant get to the mud, but make sure you get the childs play chippings, at b&Q they are buy 3 get 1 free, Lisa x campbell ridge on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8970 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:56:06 +0000 campbell ridge 8970@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ The crows will be after the feed. I have to feed mine several times a day and they now come down to the house for it, as the crows, pigeons and magpies were constantly eating it! Only one of my ducks ever bothers to see them off :( pinkpoultry on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8959 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:48:32 +0000 pinkpoultry 8959@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ no I cant see the photo, most I cant see on this site, the odd ones I can see, like the geese. I could see those? Strange? x m40mo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8958 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:56:09 +0000 m40mo 8958@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ ahh now you say that im worried, ducks of course have flat feet so they are ok, you know more about chickens could they get their feet hurt by scratching and perhaps get the claws caught x take it you can't see the photo x pinkpoultry on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8957 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:50:48 +0000 pinkpoultry 8957@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ so you put the fencing flat on the floor for the grass to grow through-then the chickens cant scratch it up and the ducks cant dig their beaks in so much?? Wow thats genious!!!!!!!!! Because the chickens ruin everything with scratching!!!!!! xx m40mo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8956 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:36:21 +0000 m40mo 8956@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ a roof would cut down on the rain but with ducks just the sheer volume of water they bring out of the pond on themselves coupled with haveing to hose in their poos is enough especially in winter to quickly turn it into a mud bath m40mo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8955 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:35:11 +0000 m40mo 8955@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ laura if you are going to spend money on bark you could always re turf,it is ok to lay new turf at this time of the year then you could try what i have done as the grass in mine is growing up through the fencing now x pinkpoultry on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8954 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:27:32 +0000 pinkpoultry 8954@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Aww I like them to be outside, I was going to get some netting to put over the top as crows seem to hang around and I dont trust them gazzaroo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8953 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:16:17 +0000 gazzaroo 8953@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Iv used wood chipping in my hen run wich has helped But I lost 1 hen afta puting it down don't no if then hen eat the wood chipping or not my next plan is to put a roof over the run pinkpoultry on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8952 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:15:45 +0000 pinkpoultry 8952@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Im going to get some bark chippings too then! It just doesnt look very nice for them-it is also winter so in the summer there will hopefully be more grass and stuff! xx Mama on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8951 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:13:31 +0000 Mama 8951@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Such a clever idea Mo, One could probaly reseed the grass with that down as they would not be able to get at the seed. Hope you find a soloution to the mud bath Laura.Mama m40mo on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8950 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:09:57 +0000 m40mo 8950@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ haha sounds just like mine i had bark chippings in my first pen when they were young and they did dig in it but didnt eat it, what i have now done in my pen is put plastic fenceing over whats left of the grass, they can dig around the edge of the pen but not where the fenceing is, it also makes it safer for me to walk on <img Src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs894.snc4/72711_1205550355620_1734500763_384654_3960915_n.jpg" /> pinkpoultry on "Chicken and Duck pen flooring....mud mud mud mud" http://farmingfriends.com/forums/topic.php?id=1193#post-8947 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:42:53 +0000 pinkpoultry 8947@http://farmingfriends.com/forums/ Hi Guys, The enclosure that the chickens and ducks live in is a mud bath! I slip everywhere, my poor white duckies are brown as they think its great to play in it. It cant be good for them...I tried cornering off a bit to let the grass grow or let it dry out....they broke in and then got stuck in (stupid birds-just the chickens mind, the ducks are well behaved) So. How can I stop their pen being a mud bath, can I put down bark chippings? Or will the ducks eat it and injure themselves? I tried planting 3 plants in there to make it look nice.....they have eaten and flattened them!! Seems like they want it like that but its not nice because they cant lie down coz its muddy!!! Thank you