Coop cleaning tools

[DillardHome]

I just wanted to share a couple tools that I found to be really handy while I am just doing a daily spot cleaning of my coop.
Most of you BYCers probably already know this but I thought some of us newbies could use the tip.

A baby bottle brush with a nipple brush attached works great at cleaning the waterer. The nipple brush gets into those narrow openings on the inside of the water container and the spout on the tray. The larger brush scrubs the tray and the rest of the water container inside and out. This cost about $1 at the dollar store.

This putty knife is my poop scraper. Works great at scraping the poop from the top of the nesting boxes which collects the poop from their roosting branch hanging above it, and also their ramp leading to their nest boxes. I just scrape it into a bucket and dump it in my compost. This is also about $1.

Hope this helps in your coop cleaning.

I would love to hear your tips!! Please post your ideas.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

Here is a tool that is very handy for turning and scooping out the shavings. It is lightweight and doesn't damage the vinyl flooring. If I could only have one tool for the coops, this would be the one.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

I use a snow shovel to sccop out the pine chips.

I have a 12x12 foot coop that takes 3 bales of wood chips over the tongue and goove plank floor.

I also use a kid-size metal hoe to get every last chip around the edges and to clean the nests boxes.

I just cleaned the chicken house Monday

now to shovel out the people house

 

[augustmomx2]

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ohhh, I want that! Putty knife is my fave, but that's already been mentioned!

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

A kid's plastic leaf rake. It gets into corners and stuff that the big ones are too clumsy to use.
It is sturdier than broom straws and with the fingers it pulls stuck muck up.

For smaller coops it is just the right size. I just rake everything into a rubbermaid plastic tote
to be carried to the compost pile or the garden in the winter.

Something like this.

 

[Cats Critters]

My main coop cleaning tool is a snow shovel goes a whole lot quicker then just a shovel. My coop is due for a cleaning