Attention poop board users!

[chicksbestfriend]

I use the oil drip pans under my roost and I put spent coffee grounds on top of it. I could go several days without having to clean it because it doesnt have any odor, and I have 61 chickens. When I go to clean it, I get my little car dust pan, just scoop it up, done within 1 minute, nothing to scrape, very easy to clean.

 

[Steve P]

I used a sheet of really thin masonite type paneling sold at home depot and lowes laid on top of scrap plywood.  That way I just slide the paneling out whenever I want to hose it off (I scrape it daily w/a plastic putty knife).

PS...it's the same stuff I have on my walls in this picture....

Do you have any problems with the roosts stagered. Like that. I was thinkING about doing mine that way but was wondering if the ones on the lower roost get pooped on. How wide is your board and spacing between roosts. Thanks for any info you can give me

 

[SandyK]

I absolutely love my Poop Boards. The first couple years I didn't have any, so I can definitely say how much cleaner the coop stays. I used a layer of heavy duty vinyl over them. Mine were not glued down and that is a good thing because now after a few years, the vinyl is coming up on the edges a bit. So it will be nice to be able just to pull it off and put some new down. Glue would make it a pain to get up.

I usually throw a handful of wood shavings over the board when I'm finished cleaning them, and then scrape everything into my big gardening bucket to dump into the compost pile when they need it.

I do sprinkle the Food Grade DE to help keep things dried out too.

 

[Texgal57]

It's my understanding that due to the heat the deep litter produces, it may not be good in hot climates during the summer months .

 

[MeepBeep]

It's my understanding that due to the heat the deep litter produces, it may not be good in hot climates during the summer months .

If your coop is properly ventilated and sized for your chicken the heat from composting shouldn't be a concern...

Even though the thread is old since it was bumped...

I use cheap blue tarps, fold up drag out and dump in compost pile, rinse or replace with a new one as they wear...

 

[rides2far]

We were at Home Depot last night, again!, and they had 4ft beige kitchen counter tops marked down 75% for $9.75 each. Picked one up for another counter top in my new coup, but I would imagine they would work for those who want a poop board.


I really don't get why people want the poop board over the deep litter method. You stir the litter once a week, add the DE, two minutes and you are done. A couple times a year, you clean the house out and start over. What am I missing?

My coop has a cement floor, so I use the poop boards covered in PDZ. I go out in the am & it takes 2 or 3 minutes to clean up droppings. When my bucket is full, it goes in the composter. Easy.

 

[SandyK]

Ok, now a year or two later after putting in my poop boards, I love them!! Yes, a little more work to clean them off, but the floor stays a lot cleaner. Plus, all that goes right into the compost pile giving me the best compost you could ask for.

Only problem, some of my girls want to sleep on them. What to do????

 

[rides2far]

My poop trays are right under the roosts. There's not a lot of room for sleeping. I do have wide perches. My husband used 2x4s laid on the 4 " side. Nice & wide. I'm having a problem with one of my new layers laying in the poop tray. Not good.

 

[MeepBeep]

I'm having a problem with one of my new layers laying in the poop tray. Not good.

New layers sometimes take a bit to realize what nesting boxes are good for, especially if you have broody birds occupying one or more boxes... I have a new olive layer right now that keeps laying her eggs under the waterer, and the eggs inevitably get cracked or smashed from the other birds walking on them as they get a drink, or soaked and stained in poop... I'm confident though from experience that she will eventually use the nesting boxes... The only exception to that is my Guinea fowl, they seem to just pop out eggs as they walk around, no rhyme or reason to where they lay their eggs, beyond the fact they rarely lay them in a nesting box...

 

[rides2far]

That's funny! I can just see them walking & pooping eggs! Today I had 5 out of 5 eggs in the nesting boxes

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