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Most definitely. Gives the coop floor bedding a much longer life and keeps the bending and scooping down to a minimum.

Easy way to avoid replacing your poop boards: Put a 1/4" rubber mat over the top, then screw in boards around the edges. Then you won't have the plywood degrade from the moisture (and smell!!!) Easy to cut to size with a box cutter. Most farm supply stores carry it- generally they keep the...

Sweet PDZ all the way- I like the powder myself. We use 2 kitty little scoops to clean- with a 1/4" rubber mat underneath so the plywood doesn't wear out and absorb the smells. With the Sweet PDZ powder, we use just enough to dust it- like if you're rolling out pie dough in flour- otherwise at...

Here are some pictures from tonight of the main tables- Three pictures taken in succession before and after I opened the windows for the first almost warm night in eons. All the moves happened with almost no fuss. The lowest girls of course get the obligatory peck but movement around the...

I didn't design it with the intention of both bars being fully occupied the entire length, otherwise, you're right, that would have been way too close. One of these night's I'll have to take a picture. After having a single bar in the brooder coop area and all the flapping and "thuds" from...

We did 30" wide tables because I wanted to do a double roost on each table and they had 30" wide 1/4 stall mat to put on top of the plywood at the feed store. Works out pretty well. I did two parallel 2x4's about 6" apart in the middle of the table, and figured a foot in either direction to...

I like them about that height because it helps the lower ranking chickens have a quick getaway from the high ranking chickens- they can hop down onto the table and scoot under the bar to a new spot.

Looks like it- some of us like the PDZ powder better, others like the granules better. I found a cat litter scoop with a telescoping handle that captures all sizes of poop effectively as an alternative idea.

We added 1/4" rubber mats to our poop boards- farm stores sell them- depends on your area - with the 30" wide mats and the PDZ (so the poop never hits plywood) it's been easy upkeep and cleaning. On the coop floor (also mats over plywood) we use the pine pellets for horse stalls- bunch of brand...