Awesome!!!
Who woulda thunk it?! Poop boards!
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I use shavings on the floor of my coop and just place a piece of newspaper on the floor under the roost. I go to the newspaper printer and they give me the end of the rolls of paper. It is free, has no inc., and can be cut to the size of the coop floor. They have never displaced it. I only use one sheet a night and keep a few river rocks on the corners to hold it down. Roll it up in the morning and put a new piece down before they come in to roost. Keeps the coop really clean.I realized I won't have room for a poop board. Our coop is going to be small (designed for no more than 4 full size chickens) and not only would the poop board be about half of the floor area, we also don't have the vertical room for ground/ poop board/ roost. I'm designing the coop for deep litter but was wondering about putting PDZ over the entire coop floor. The coop will be raised and 3.5' x 4'. That's basically the area of a poop board running 8'. So any drawbacks or reasons not to use the PDZ as the flooring of the coop? These being my first chicks (and first coop) I really can't imagine what exactly is going to go on in the coop.
I realized I won't have room for a poop board. Our coop is going to be small (designed for no more than 4 full size chickens) and not only would the poop board be about half of the floor area, we also don't have the vertical room for ground/ poop board/ roost. I'm designing the coop for deep litter but was wondering about putting PDZ over the entire coop floor. The coop will be raised and 3.5' x 4'. That's basically the area of a poop board running 8'. So any drawbacks or reasons not to use the PDZ as the flooring of the coop? These being my first chicks (and first coop) I really can't imagine what exactly is going to go on in the coop.
This is awesome! Since I found this thread - my thanks to Trish for starting this... I've been running ideas thru my mind about what I have/am using and then changing it over to reflect the use of PDZ and roost.
I have about 40 chickens in that coop- I guess about 30 of them roost. I have close to 10' of poop board on each side (24" deep) and each side takes a 40lb bag (16.99 each). I will scoop for quite a few weeks without adding any- I'm thinking maybe every 5-6 weeks I will add a 1/2 bag to each side. Definitely less than 1 bag a month- and I overdo everything so a person with less OCD than me could use alot less
This is awesome! Since I found this thread - my thanks to Trish for starting this... I've been running ideas thru my mind about what I have/am using and then changing it over to reflect the use of PDZ and roost.
jrsckn's pics reflect what I was planning on changing... are your chicks using the nest boxes under the roosts??