What to line bottom of coop with - Page 3

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Originally Posted by Paul 1952 

Another pine shavings person here... we use it in our chicken tractor. Only reason it's not used in the fenced area is because they're on the lawn and moved around weekly.

And the poop trays we use andycowboy are just serving trays that we picked up locally that happened to fit in the roost area. But it depends on your roost area if that would work for you also. 

Serving trays?  Like regular school/cafeteria food trays?  You have a picture of how you did that?  Sure sounds easier than building a tray!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul 1952 

Another pine shavings person here... we use it in our chicken tractor. Only reason it's not used in the fenced area is because they're on the lawn and moved around weekly.

And the poop trays we use andycowboy are just serving trays that we picked up locally that happened to fit in the roost area. But it depends on your roost area if that would work for you also. 

Hey, Paul!

Just regular cafeteria/school lunchroom type trays?  Or some other type of serving tray?  Do you a couple of pictures of what you did?  Sounds interesting...and easier than building a tray!

Sorry, didn't notice the question andycowboy... take a look in my sig and check out the tractor tour. It's a video that shows what I did....

But yes... pretty much those cafeteria trays. The ones we got were made out of plastic and a little smaller as you'll note 

in the video. But worked great for the area we wanted them in.

Wheat straw...... They love it and it's easy to clean up after....

i use pine shavings in mine.

We got our babies in april ..2012...we are new to chickens ..this is what works for us .

We use newspaper in our coop . We have a tile floor . We lay the newspaper flat & remove it each day after it drys a bit . if the poop gets past the newspaper we have a turner to scrape it up . It can be sprayed & washed down with a hose ...as needed . I do it occasionally  In the winter we will probably use the cross cut newspaper for ease of cleaning it can be layered .. In nesting areas we use cross shredded newspaper .

In the run we use leaves , dried grass clippings , wood sawdust from chainsawing   ..They dont eat it ..just sort through it ..Poop sticks to these & it is easier to pick up . You should leave some dirt for them as they love dust baths ...keeps them bug free ..there is some grass growing in there   ..what ever is handy . This works for us . Our chicks free range too ..so they arent in the coop all the time .
 

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Originally Posted by Paul 1952 

Sorry, didn't notice the question andycowboy... take a look in my sig and check out the tractor tour. It's a video that shows what I did....

But yes... pretty much those cafeteria trays. The ones we got were made out of plastic and a little smaller as you'll note 

in the video. But worked great for the area we wanted them in.

My apologies, Paul!  I didn't think the first comment took, so I did a replacement - wasn't trying to push for an answer!  Just took a look at the video - that makes sense...Good lookin' coop, too!  Thanks for sharing!

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Originally Posted by andycowboy 

My apologies, Paul!  I didn't think the first comment took, so I did a replacement - wasn't trying to push for an answer!  Just took a look at the video - that makes sense...Good lookin' coop, too!  Thanks for sharing!

No worries and didn't think so at all... so depending on your setup you can just use the tray option, unless it's easier to build some sliding thing or another. It's always fun the engineering part!