floor slats wooden
The only time I had floor grills was when I had a concrete base. I then had 3 layers of house bricks with the loft on top. The grills then sat on bricks giving a good space underneath. I just lifted the grills a couple of times a year to clear out underneath. Mice/rats couldn’t get in because of the concrete base and bricks. It did work well. But I do prefer scraping out. I scrape out twice a day. I think this is the best way to see how the birds health is. Even with deep litter you can’t see properly what the droppings are like.
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I personally have never liked the idea of grills, I like the birds to walk around the loft and can't see that they are very comfortable really, I certainly wouldn't want to walk in them lol. We've got them in the fed baskets and I hate them !! It's just my preference though and I know a lot of fanciers do use them, they can get very smelly though and attract the flies in the summer if you don't regularly clean under them though.
As I say, just my personal preference.
As I say, just my personal preference.
Not for me. My loft floor is plywood, scraped twice daily.
I knew a bloke who had grated floors, and was always treating for respiratory disease. Finally he put a wooden floor over them and never had another problem. His loft was low to the ground and the droppings fell into a pit. Might have been part of the problem.
I knew a bloke who had grated floors, and was always treating for respiratory disease. Finally he put a wooden floor over them and never had another problem. His loft was low to the ground and the droppings fell into a pit. Might have been part of the problem.
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