Cleaning the chicken coop questions...

[Vicker]

I concur with the deep bedding method. I sprinkle DE or PDZ when needed. If they're particularly messy (sometimes they do get loose poops), I let it dry and use a putty or drywall knife to scrape it off.

 

[Outta Here]

That looks so nice !

Thanks!

 

[Judy Todd]

Just add some 1x2 to the edges of your shelves with a roast in the middle and wallah, poop boards

Wow, that is a clever idea. i have poop boards , best thing I ever added to the coop. I scrape them off with any old hoe most days. No smell ever in coop and almost no flies. And I have 28 chickens. Yes, chicken math got me too.

 

[Ourminizoo2021]

What a great space to work with! Lucky you and lucky chickens!

Anything in the coop will end up with dust on it. Keep that in mind for stuff you might store in there; I think I saw a sprinkler hung on the wall. If you want to keep things in there, maybe put it in a tote that has a lid?

The dust is, well, icky, when you think of what's in it. Chicken dander, pulverized dried out poop, bedding... That kind of stuff.

Thanks ! And yeah that stuff is coming out we didn't have much time to get it emptied out before getting them

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Wow, that is a clever idea. i have poop boards , best thing I ever added to the coop. I scrape them off with any old hoe most days. No smell ever in coop and almost no flies. And I have 28 chickens. Yes, chicken math got me too.

Yep I love them! I can't deal with built up poo(little OCD going on) they just make everything sooooo easy