Changing to Sweet PDZ

[jthornton]

Ha!!
That's the first thing I thought of when I saw your new tool.
Maybe a toothed attachment?

Or washers stacked with spacers... gotta get the BP knee mill back up and running tomorrow so I can do come V Carving. My stepdown transformer died the other day but I can wire the power supplies for 240v to get it back on line so work work work...

JT

 

[blackdog043]

I finally got a few minutes to cobble up my version of the PDZ leveler.

The thought did cross my mind to make a small Zen Garden Rake...

I like that idea, with the washers, but .... This idea of a Zen Garden Rake, sounds cool.

 

[SueT]

That was my thought too...Zen garden. I love raking and smoothing my PDZ, lol. It's another benefit of chicken therapy.

 

[tigger19687]

Use a kid size rake. Or a brush rake I think they call it.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Garden-Pals-Kids-Long-Handle-Shrub-Rake/3030580

I am not sure I would do the whole floor. Mine scratch the crap out (edit --of the shavings ) on the coop floor looking for goodies.
Plus I like having the extra thick layer for the Cold Winters here

 

[aart]

Use a kid size rake. Or a brush rake I think they call it.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Garden-Pals-Kids-Long-Handle-Shrub-Rake/3030580

I am not sure I would do the whole floor. Mine scratch the crap out of the coop floor looking for goodies.
Plus I like having the extra thick layer for the Cold Winters here

You have PDZ on your coop floor for bedding?

 

[tigger19687]

@aart no, just the poop board. I have shavings on the floor, sorry thought it said that.

This kids/bush rake would work for @jthornton on his floor though.

 

[jthornton]

@aart no, just the poop board. I have shavings on the floor, sorry thought it said that.

This kids/bush rake would work for @jthornton on his floor though.

The whole floor of my coop is covered with 1/2" of PDZ as the only thing in my "coop" is some roost bars. The rest of my "coop" things are in the run.

JT

 

[Chad Oftedal]

It sounds like the PDZ on the floor is working really well. I was planning to go with sand in my 8x8 coop when I cover the floor for the first time. I'm now wondering if I shouldn't just go with PDZ. I have a TSC that's less than 10 miles away, so picking it up will be easy. Are there situations where sand would still be preferable? I haven't had a coop yet, so I'm not tied to any one choice. My runs will be covered, and I was planning to use the medium/large wood chips for those.

 

[jthornton]

@Chad Oftedal
The floor of my coop is one large poop board nothing like a walk in coop would be laid out. If you have an 8x8 probably just put PDZ in the poop board that is under the roost and the material you like on the floor.

JT

 

[aart]

It sounds like the PDZ on the floor is working really well. I was planning to go with sand in my 8x8 coop when I cover the floor for the first time. I'm now wondering if I shouldn't just go with PDZ. I have a TSC that's less than 10 miles away, so picking it up will be easy. Are there situations where sand would still be preferable? I haven't had a coop yet, so I'm not tied to any one choice. My runs will be covered, and I was planning to use the medium/large wood chips for those.

Since you're going with poop boards:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/feedback-for-8x8-coop-inside-layout.1224022/
You might consider shavings on the floor, 1 or 2 bales a year would do the trick.
8x8 is a lot of PDZ and I'm not sure what the advantage would be.