how often do you clean your coop

[Nicole01]

2-4 times a day. Mostly the run since thats where they poop the most. I have 2 cat box scoopers in case I get a helper. I disinfect monthly with an oxine solution.

You have a lot of time on your hands. I clean mine once a week. The boards I do daily. I have sand in the bottom of my coop, and ad a small layer of straw, scoop it out once a week add more.
Michele

I do, I have 8 hours a day alone. I do not work, kids are all in school. I'm disabled with a neck injury and I find my chickens very therapeutic. They certainly make my life more enjoyable. Plus, they all jump up on my lap when I bring a chair inside the coop(inside our garage) and a towel on my lap. They come at my feet when free ranging too. It's pure love.

I'd love to use straw, but I'm unable to clean it out. It's too heavy and bulky, so I use pine chips.

 

[mstricer]

I wish could stay home, I could get so much more done. One day.
Michele

 

[Nicole01]

I wish could stay home, I could get so much more done. One day.
Michele

Being disabled has its drawbacks for sure. I have great limitations and must not overdue it or I suffer greatly for weeks on end in pain. I'm unable to bring in any money as well. I feel like a prisoner in my own body, which leaves me housebound.

I do my best to keep positive everyday. I went from running 6 miles a day to resting on the couch/bed most the day.

I couldn't do it without the support of my husband. I use to run 36 miles a week and now I'm unable to walk around the block. I'm too young for a wheelchair.

 

[dudefromtampa]

i was cleaning mine once a month with an extra clean sanitizing every three months but after reading the other replies to your question, I'm going to increase my cleanings to at least once a week.

I have an A-frame that sits on grass (which I move every 4 or 5 days) so cleaning that one isn't an issue really, except for the area that the 3 hens sleep in. But I also have 5 chickens ((3 Silkies/ 2 hens, 1 roo) and a couple Columbian Rock hens)) in an old shed which has access to two outside runs. In there I line the floor with about 6 inches of dried grass from the previous lawn mowing. In the winter, I use straw. I'm contemplating (again, after reading these other posts here) to switching to perhaps sand. But I have a question concerning recycling of what comes out of these coop cleanings. Can you include things like straw, grass, sand, etc.. for compost bins or as additives in say..something like a square foot garden? Last year, I did just that and I ended up growing corn (which was not anything I had planted).

Just curious....

This is my 2nd year now of the country life as I have made the transformation from city boy/retired miltary ...

Thanks for any input.

God bless.

 

[Meld75]

Ok. Looking for a cleaner I can deep clean the coop with. Any suggestions?

 

[Meld75]

Any cleaner that works good to give a good deap clean to the coop? If like to get rid if the funky smell. I scoop the sand every 2-3 days but still has an odor.

 

[Nicole01]

I use oxine unactivated. It disinfects and is very safe. I wash my eggs that I sell with oxine too.

 

[Nicole01]

If my run starts to get funky, hubby will take a shovel and turn over the dirt/sand. It works like a charm. Or you can add new sand.

 

[Tambo26]

I clean coop poop every morning. Run (8x12 all sand) I scoop poop a couple times a day. I do a complete coop clean out (remove pine shavings, dust, wash everything with vinegar) 1x per month. Also 1x per month I sift all of the run sand. I use sweet PDZ in both coop and run. There is zero smell. I find cleaning out there to be relaxing!

 

[suleo]

I use Happy Hen Coop Cleaner that I order on-line from McMurray Hatchery. It is natural, Plant derived and Eco-friendly! All which are important to me.