Poop Hammock Rocks!!

[mcf3kids]

We built our chicken coop this spring and a suggestion was made to create a poop hammock under the roost bar. The hammock is made from canvas and catches the poop which is pretty easy to just scoop out of the hammock. My chickens are now 7 weeks old and have been using the roost bars for the past two weeks and I LOVE how much poop is collected in this hammock! It is actually pretty amazing and I am able to scoop it out each morning (or every few days) and the pine shavings don't need to be changed nearly as often saving me $$ as well. Just thought I would throw this out there for those building their coop now - actually it would be easy to add to any coop.

 

[mcf3kids]

So here are some pics of the poop hammock:

So the hammock itself is from a piece of canvas that he purchased from home depot for roughly $20 - it is held up with jack chain, an eyebolt and is secured to the walls with a large washer and screwed in. The end of the jack chain is opened up so that I can lift up the whole thing and take it outside. I did this once on a really sunny day - rinsed it with the hose and let it dry in the sun - dried in about a half hour and looked new again!

The poop that is in the hammock is from last night! That's a lot of poop

If you have any questions or need another picture let me know - the other idea sounds cool as well.

 

[BOrion]

Ok, maybe not worthless, but it would be really cool to see pictures of both the poop hammock and the poop slide!!

So, I just completed my poop hammocksI got the idea from this site. I used lumber found in the dumpster and feed sacks for the hammock. I love BYC!! Don't know what I'd do without it.

 

[classicsredone]

You could even wax the canvas to keep it that much cleaner.

 

[avjudge]

Do you have a pic? Sounds so effective

If you swing it, would you please upload a photo of the hammock?

This is a really old thread. Neither @NanaLantana nor @mcf3kids has visited this board since 2014. It is highly unlikely you will be getting a response from either of them.

 

[chicknbuns]

I too have a poop hammock only i made it out of landscape fabric (weed block) that i had laying around. It works GREAT and easy to hose off too.

 

[BOrion]

I love the idea of using the feed sacks. It's a renewable resource, they'd otherwise go into the trash, and it makes the poop hammock disposable, so I don't have to bother cleaning it!

I cut the cuter ones up and make bags with handles for carrying groceries, hay, straw, books, etc. etc. If you sew, no need to throw them in the trash!

 

[jojomojo]

Would it be easier to sew large "hems" in each side and slide the board through? You could have a couple made up and just swap them out. Metal bar instead of wood would be cleaner and they would not want to roost on them, if that's a worry. Sorry, just my brain running off at my mouth.

This is exactly what I plan on doing. I haven't decided if I want to use wooden dowels or emt conduit. I know I have some conduit left over from another project, if its long enough, I'll use that. I plan on putting up some brackets like in a closet for it to rest on (like this).

 

[Scott H]

What about 1/2 inch pvc pipe? Light weight and doesn't absorb poo.

 

[NanaLantana]

Good for you! I actually built a 'poop slide' into my Florida coop - it's made of 20inch wide metal flashing, dipped in the middle, and slanted from the roost into a 5 gal bucket. I only have to hose it off in the mornings, or maybe twice a week - everything slides neatly into the bucket, and I then use the 'poop tea' on my plants and trees. No shoveling poop for me! I covered the whole slide with chicken wire so no chickens slide into the bucket

. That would be stinky