[yorksfarmer]

We are down to only half a dozen buff orpingtons now and a couple of light sussex but the smell from our land is getting a bit ripe to say the least. They are all free to come and go from there enclosure as they please and spend most of the day outside even in the rain. The trouble is they are making our garden really smell with all the rain we have had. There is plently of straw down for them which we change regularly but the rain is making the place like a bog and it really smells. We are going to move them into one of the polytunnels over the winter so its nice and dry for them. Anybody got any ideas?

[aparker155]

I put down Stalosan F - it's a dry (powder) disinfectant and it reduces the smells and keeps the fly numbers down although I tend to use this when the weather is good (dry and hot) as this is usually when I notice the smell.

[doganjo]

Does Fullers earth not do something similar (Diatomaceous)?  Or is that just beasties?

[yorksfarmer]

will give it a go, sure we stock it in the shop I'll have a look on monday and let you know how we get on. Just hope this rain stays away for a few days it might dry out a bit then.

[doganjo]

Mine was really smelly and had gone green with all this rain - mine is sharp sand over earth and stones (originally grass!)  I took a hoe and dug it all over, sprinkled a good lot of diatom over it and in the sheds and it's all sweet again.  Putting more sand in on top tomorrow