Changing to Sweet PDZ

[blackdog043]

@SueT your chicks might peck at it, but it will not hurt them.

 

[blackdog043]

JT, just cover the whole board, they will do fine. I made a PDZ leveler, after seeing one that Aart made. I would recommend using round head screws, instead of finish nails like I originally used, in this picure. Leave them 1/2 inch out, it makes it quick and easy to smooth out the PDZ.

 

[jthornton]

Thanks, I'll take 1 by and put some dowels in the edge... now to make a robot controlled poop picker upper lol.

JT

 

[aart]

now to make a robot controlled poop picker upper lol.

 

[sroy]

PDZ is AWESOME stuff!
I use it combined with sand and use a kitty litter scoop to sift out dropping. It is wonderful. I NEVER have a stinky coop. EVER!

 

[jthornton]

PDZ is AWESOME stuff!
I use it combined with sand and use a kitty litter scoop to sift out dropping. It is wonderful. I NEVER have a stinky coop. EVER!

My coop has never had any smell at all, I clean it each morning... scraping frozen poopsicles from the poop boards can be fun.

JT

 

[dunnmom]

My coop is 4X4 for 6 hens. I clean it and replace bedding about monthly. I don't use poop boards. One bag of PDZ from TSC lasted me over 6 mo., but I only sprinkle a visible layer directly on the wood floor, then cover it with pine shavings. I only really notice the difference it makes with odor when we have humid and warm conditions. The difference it makes for cleaning purposes is that even a fine layer helps keep poop from sticking to the wood floor, so I almost never have to scrape poop up. It's nice.

 

[sroy]

My coop is 4 x 6 and about 4 feet high ish. I don't have poop boards either. Just sand and PDZ on the entire floor. Such EASY clean up!!

 

[jthornton]

So last night most of them flew across the new strange white stuff right to the roost lol. From the foot marks this morning they just hopped down and walked out. I over slept and didn't get up till 4:30am so I missed the dismount.

JT

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

jthornton said: ↑
now to make a robot controlled poop picker upper lol.

**sitting next to aart**