Coop cleaning

[blackwpk]

I like to use the Sweet PDZ in the girls' poop tubs. I sift through them daily and pick up poo out of the medium pine shavings on the floor. I also use the food grade DE on the floor and in the nesting buckets for odor and bugs, works wonderfully! I have asked each and every person who visits if they can smell anything and all have said no, just smell the pine shavings! YAY! For the outside, I do want to get some more clean sand and put in the coop yard. It is much easier collecting poo that way. Otherwise, I let the girls roam around as they wish, collecting bugs and whatever weeds they like, lol.

 

[rottlady]

My current indoor chicken pen is 4x 20' with 8 birds
I use shavings and clean every 6 weeks in winter and every 3 in spring summer fall
I scoop under roost perches every other day
I use two bales shavings at a time

I detest deep litter method you could not pay me to do that and clean my coop one or two times a year no way

 

[brdlvr]

What is PDZ?

 

[mymilliefleur]

I use deep bedding, which I add to every day or so. I clean the coop our completely every fall and spring.

 

[PraiseGod]

What is PDZ?

a mineral that absorbs ammonia. Sweet PDZ and Zeo are two major brands

 

[Erin80]

I am in Ontario Canada and can't find PDZ anywhere.....literally....besides ordering off amazon which I don't want to do. So frustrating!

 

[aart]

I am in Ontario Canada and can't find PDZ anywhere.....literally....besides ordering off amazon which I don't want to do. So frustrating!

Maybe search for 'zeolite'.......they found it in the UK using that word.

 

[PraiseGod]

I am in Ontario Canada and can't find PDZ anywhere.....literally....besides ordering off amazon which I don't want to do.  So frustrating!

also try looking up horse stall freshener if all else fails

 

[Erin80]

I searched zeolite when PDZ didn't come up....but nothing!
I will look into horse stall freshener. Thanks!

 

[aart]

I searched zeolite when PDZ didn't come up....but nothing!
I will look into horse stall freshener. Thanks!

Might ask in the Ontario chat thread too https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/836344/ontario-canada