Cleaning coop

[aart]

Thanks aart! What you outlined is what I was thinking ,but wanted to be sure. Do you use any sand in the coop or run?

Nope. Used to mix it with the PDZ on boards and also in the brooder.
Had some nice washed dried almost dustless sand to mix with PDZ,
can't get it anymore so use straight PDZ.
Using sand/PDZ in several brooder batches clued me into the pulverized poop particles that eventually saturate the sand and stink to high heaven when the least bit damp.
I now brood in coop after one week and won't use sand anywhere.

 

[NHRedsRock]

I fish it out of the sawdust covered poop board with a kitty litter scoop and anything else that's on the straw pellet covered floor of the coop. For the ramp, I get a chunk of grass and wipe it down if it's wet, or scrape it off with the scoop. It all goes into the bucket and straight into the compost bin, where I cover it with the top layer. Stops the flies.

Thanks!