Dropping board

[Anny]

Does any one have a slide out dropping board that goes under the roost? DO you have any photos? Is it easy to clean? What would you change about your design?

 

[adante]

I made a dropping board as seen here



I put in about half an inch of shavings and clean it out maybe every 2 months with 4 chickens. I give it a 'stir' every couple of weeks or so. One of my chickens has a habit of digging up the shavings so sometimes there is a lot of poop directly on the board but it can get scraped off pretty easily.

I'm not sure what I'd change. Maybe split the board into two boards, as a single 5' by 2' board can be a little unwieldy for one person.

 

[Anny]

thank you for your reply I really like your design.

 

[will hunt for food]

Mine is not slide out, but completely removable via wing nut when a major cleaning is in order. It sits on a bracket, and is supported on the wall. I simply lift up the wire barrier, and use a drywall tape knife to scrape the poop. Very easy.

 

[sillybirds]

Here are mine:

 

[Anny]

Do those of you with the wiring over the board find it to be helpful or does it just get covered in chicken poop?

 

[will hunt for food]

The wire I am using is a very open mesh. It is not getting covered up in poop. The idea is to keep the birds out of the poop and picking/walking through it. It is working well for me so far.