Actually it is very easy to scoop the waste out with the pine shavings once a week. Takes me less than 2 minutes. I have an open bag on the coop floor. I use the clear plastic sheves the newspaper comes in to cover my hands. If I want to hose it down every now and then, I scoop it out and unsnap...
I don't have to remove the dowels. I just unsnap the sling. It snaps around the dowels lengthwise with heavy duty snaps. I built one sling with canvas and Velcro. It did not do nearly as well.
I made a poop sling out of plastic tablecloth fabric and heavy duty snaps. So easy to take the poop out (it doesn't stick to the plastic) and unsnap to hose it down. I use pine shavings for odor control.
Yuk. I am not grossed out by chicken poop and the smell doesn't bother me, but dog poop, hum, not so good.
That sign that Deb made: I had it enlarged and made into a professional sign that is in my chicken yard. I love it.
I have three ways. On my bunny hutch, it fit the tarp to the back half and wrap it like a present securing it with zip ties. I leave the bottom open but use deep litter hay. Another way I do tarps is cover the top and make flaps out from the coop and secure with bungees. And the last way is to...
Haha, Deb, I bought a nice chain saw when I lived in TN and couldn't bring myself to even start it. I finally sold it at a garage sale. Years later after moving to LA I needed to cut a tree down. I bought a new one and studied many videos on YouTube about using chain saws and cutting down trees...