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sillygolucky
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If space is tight and tricky, and poop boards are yet another thing to awkwardly squeeze in there, consider not using poop boards. I don’t, and I’m very happy with my choice! I clean the coop twice a year. I have a very deep layer of pine shavings on the floor and they dry everything out, so it doesn’t smell. About once every month or two, I toss new shavings on top. That’s all. I have lots of permanent ventilation, and it really doesn’t smell. Dry is the key. Consider trying that.
That is awesome you are doing just fine without the poop boards!! I have gone back and forth on the deep bedding. Our biggest hurdle with that is that the coop is not designed for deep bedding The deepest we could have it would be about 1.5". We could probably add some 2x4s around in places to give us more depth, but the nesting boxes and pop door (which closes right onto the coop floor) are the biggest issues because we don't want to make the openings of those any smaller. Especially for the pop door we'd have to do some major cutting into the structure and the attached run has hardware cloth bumped right above it outside that we wouldn't want to damage (hard to explain lol).
I feel like every time someone gives an excellent suggestion. lolol. While our coop is going to last a long time and has a lot of great qualities, it just seems like one hurdle after another when attempting to optimize the inside! BUT!!! We will work with it!! (Though I can't deny I just wish we'd have bought a prefab shed and then built all the other stuff on our own lolol...) I'm just so grateful for experienced peeps here and all of your candid and experienced advice!!