Chicken-vention... what inventions have you come up with? (Pic heavy)

[Bulldogma]

Don't know how original the concept is, but I LOVE my poop drawer that sits under the roost and pulls out for easy clean-up. After reading the sand thread, I'm thinking of filling it with sand, instead of shavings, which are quickly filling up my composter. A kitty litter scooper should handle clean-up easily and allow me to put just the poop in the composter along with food scraps.

To help with odor control in your drawer (which I LOVE) try sprinkling Sweet PDZ and mixing it into the sand. Some people use *only* the Sweet PDZ with a great amount of success in keeping odor and flies down.

 

[7 Biddies]

To help with odor control in your drawer (which I LOVE) try sprinkling Sweet PDZ and mixing it into the sand. Some people use *only* the Sweet PDZ with a great amount of success in keeping odor and flies down.

Yes, I just got some from Tractor Supply Co. and, when I get the bale of wheat straw the biddies knocked over into the Poop Deck (drawer) cleaned out, I'm going to add a good amount of it to the sand. Thanks!

 

[ONSTAD1]

Come on, you know you want to show off your super clever idea...

 

[tlcmama]

Come on, you know you want to show off your super clever idea...

cant take credit - but this is my new feeder
credit goes to my new hero Janet at green urban living
http://tinyurl.com/bumkgn7

 

[7 Biddies]

Hilarious! Waterproof, too.

 

[Rhoise]

cant take credit - but this is my new feeder
credit goes to my new hero Janet at green urban living
http://tinyurl.com/bumkgn7

TOO CUTE!

 

[CGinJCMO]

The corrigated plastic I used is the kind of stuff folks use for political yard signs or some store signs, you know the kind that are on little metal legs out in the medians or road right-of ways. Mine came in a big box...I think I used two for the poop slide. I also used a big 4'X8' corrigated plastic political sign for bottom of my coop, covering the plywood floor to make it easy to clean. As to where to get that material, you could probably get it from a sign store...it is an election year, so you could poke your head into your county Republican or Democratic headquarters and see which local candidate is using that kind of sign in their campaign and see if you can take a few for your yard (hopefully this is a candidate you like, so you can actually display the sign before your let your chickens poop on it) or you could do what I did, which is actually run for office and then when you lose, let your chickens poop on your political aspirations.

Or you can go to the canidate you dislike and and have your chickens poop all over that. LOL

 

[BigRooNTN]

Or you can go to the canidate you dislike and and have your chickens poop all over that. LOL

 

[Hummingbird Hollow]

Or you can go to the canidate you dislike and and have your chickens poop all over that. LOL

Oh, but that would be too easy, finding one you actually like is a much greater challenge!

Love the boots by the way. How very cute!

 

[MamaDee]

Not really a chicken-vention, but..I found that a cat's litter scoop holes were too big for collecting poop on the poop board and left quite a bit behind. This child's beach sand sifter works great. I cut part of the lip off for easy scooping. I still use the litter scooper to push poop into little piles first, then push the poop onto the sifter, shake to sift the extra Sweet PDZ loose back onto poop board, then dispose poop into collection bucket. I picked up several this summer when I found them (at dollar store) to keep on hand!
Just a note..when sifting, I always hear the words someone (sorry, can't remember) on here said, that it was almost a "zen" like thing when scooping and sifting, and it is..kinda like playing in the sand