Primary and secondary schools/Tintinara Area School: Show Poultry Handbook/Litter and Bedding
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Litter & cages
By Jayden Miell and Kim Wanke
It is important to have the correct bedding for poultry to assist with good hygiene to keep them healthy.
Following are suitable materials for litter in a cage:
- Sawdust
- Straw
- Lawn clippings
- Shredded paper
Important things to remember are:
- You only put as much sawdust or straw in to cover the ground of the cage for small chooks. But for big chooks you put in an extra layer.
- You usually put disinfectant in the cage before the bedding goes in, so the chook doesn’t get sick.
- When the cage has got lots of chook manure in it you clean it out and put fresh sawdust or straw in. Other wise you clean the cage regularly every 1-2 weeks.
See Also
- Carolyn Johnson and the 6/7 class: "Background Information”
- Georgia Leske: "Relevance to Poultry Industry"
- Ayden Reid, Bradley Swain & Nick Gowling: "Equipment Needed to Show Poultry"
- Jayden Miell & Kim Wanke: "Housing and Cages"
- Belinda Grundling & Jessica Lewis: "Feed and Water"
- Caitlyn Wandel & Melissa Nortan: "Cleaning and Hygiene"
- Brittney Ferguson & Tori Connor: "Diseases"
- Amy Webb & Kendal Scobie: "Holding and Restraining Technique"
- Brittney Ferguson & Tori Connor: "Relationship, Bonding and Behaviour"
- Ayden Reid,Bradley Swain & Nick Gowling: "Training"
- Lochie Kendrick & Dakoda Wren: "Poultry Washing"
- Jayden Miell & Kim Wanke: "Preparing of Chooks for Exhibition"
- Amy Webb & Kendal Scobie:"Show Entries and Classes. Country and Royal Shows"
- Katelyn Fischer-Thurston & Lucy Brock: "Transport"
- Georgia Sanders & Jemah Finn: "Bibliography and Contacts. Poultry Breeders"
- Appendix 1
