Anyone got any ideas for non stick dropping pans ?

[RAREROO]

This basicly the question. I need a way to make the droppings pour out easier and not stick in the pan.

What do you all think ?

Thanks

 

[elmo]

I use a plastic boot tray. Only the cecal poo sticks, and I just hose that off.

 

[Koolduck]

A little sand in the tray maybe?

 

[RAREROO]

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Yeah, I've tried that and it helps, but it gets agravating putting the sand in everytime. And also, the lady that owns the local feed store is selling my chicks up there and I want to have as little work as possible for them to have to do at the feed store.

 

[Penturner]

There is a plastic sheet super glue will not stick to. it is actually a close kin to Teflon but doesn't wear off. a sheet 1/16 of an inch thick, 2 feet wide and 4 feet long is priced at $44.88 here http://www.professionalplastics.com/DELRINSHEET-ROD. I use it in Rod form for making pens. in the process of making the pen the wood is soaked in Super glue with the plastic rod acting like corks at each end of it. the glue will not stick to this stuff. I really doubt droppings could either. scratching it up does not matter either as the material itself is slick and it is not just a surface coating. It si sold under the brand name Delrin but you might find more sources and better prices by searching for Polyoxymethylene Plastic.

 

[pacetruckguy]

How about linolium sprayed with a little Pam?

 

[Penturner]

If you want to just spray it with something, do it with something that will stay there for a while. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dupo...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

 

[patandchickens]

I have not tried it myself, but I know there are BYCers who put a sheet of corrugated cardboard on their droppings boards (because it is stiffer and heavier and will not 'blow off' from flapping wings the way newsprint will), then just toss the whole thing in the compost when it starts to get ucky. If you have a discount grocery store nearby that gives away boxes, or a liquor store, or any other source of lotsa free cardboard, this might be a good thing to try. Or if this is for underneath wire flooring of a chick cage, newspaper *would* actually work just fine.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[backdoorchicken]

linoleum tiles

 

[RAREROO]

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Yep, the chick cage has a wire floor and the droppings fall into the pan right underneath, feed sacks would just the same for what you are saying, but I'm looking for something that would just stay in one piece and dump out easily without having to keep adding anything to it. I usually try to dump the droppings in my vegetable garded, and with my new brooder, I haven't put pans under it yet so I just laid feed sacks on the ground and with all the manure and moisture build up, the feed sack just started falling apart when i picked it up so I just shoveled it all up, sack and all and dumped it in the garden and tilled it all up today before I planted it. the linoleum tiles are starting so sound like the way to go,