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    Hinged roost bars

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    Hinged roost bars

    I left the roost bars raised and the kids jumped up in the trays and walked on them. The were bent to all to hell. I installed some galvanized angle just to represent the trays for the pics
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    Hinged roost bars

    Hope this is a better pic of the tray slope. My trays are are 12 1/2 wide. 3" in front of the bar and 6" behind the bar and a 3 1/2" bar for a total of 12 1/2"
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    Hinged roost bars

    I find this super easy to keep the coop clean. Once or twice a week I scrape the poop off the roost bars into the trays then lift the roost bars out of the way and use a water hose to clean the poop trays. If the concrete pad or the plastic on the walls has any poop I clean it also with the...
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    Hinged roost bars

    I hope you can see that the trays are angled so I can wash them with a water hose and everything drains out of the coop thru the chain link fence. I have a hole dug outside the coop filled with sand that catches the water and poop I scoop out the poop from the top layer of sand after I clean the...
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    Hinged roost bars

    Poop trays where destroyed by the kids walking on them. I installed some galvanized angle to represent the poop trays for the pics
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    Hinged roost bars

    Wil Will post pics monday
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    Hinged roost bars

    Wil
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    Hinged roost bars

    Around 56 years ago I helped my gramps rebuild his chicken coop after it was hit by lightning and burned down, there was one design feature that he used that I have always copied on every coop I have built and it's served me well "Hinged Roost Bar" I remember one day while helping my gramps...
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