Lime - Hydrated and Garden (AG) Lime = their uses in the chook pen

Use gloves, a mask and protective eye wear when handling/using Lime

Sprinkle Garden Lime around to help ‘sweeten’ the chooks pen – helps remove the bad smells and helps control bacteria etc.
Garden Lime is grey.

Hydrated Lime can be used to help keep flies and most ‘bugs’ under control.
Hydrate Lime is White.


You can make a wash of Hydrated Lime and paint the pen. Outside it will wash off in rain, so be prepared to reapply regularly to the outside. Once a year on average inside if applied thickly.

A recipe for White Wash for pens etc =

12 cups of Hydrated Lime
4 cups of Salt
2 Tablespoons of Alum
9 litres of water (1 bucket)

Mix well before starting application and mix often while applying to keep the solution well mixed = just slap it on using a large paint brush – pretend you are a famous painter perhaps


# both forms of Lime can usually be purchased at either your garden shop, your hardware store, or your produce/farm supply store