Dropping boards...Better with shavings and a lip or just some tile

[Shellyb]

I am going to have DH build me a droppings board but I don't know if we should do a lip around it so we can put shavings or is it better to just be able to scrap it out daily? Do you find one easier then the other? Thanks

 

[redhen]

I have a tray for my dropping boards...i fill it with shavings and just dump it every few days..

 

[fldiver97]

I have a board, added lip around it and filled it with PDZ. I scoop every day like a litterbox. Love it, it is so easy.

 

[patandchickens]

If you are going to clean it off every morning (my preference), no lip. If you are going to let stuff accumulate for a few days, then a light dusting of shavings is good, and a lip *if* they get swept off by the birds' wings or feet (depends on your setup). If you use a lip, you might want the front long edge of it to be hinged so it will fold out of the way for easy cleaning.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[possumqueen]

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what's PDZ?

 

[fldiver97]

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what's PDZ?

Sweet PDZ is used in stalls etc to dry droppings and keep smells/flies down. Looks like coarde sand and is clay with diatomaceous earth...can use StallDri too. I love it, does not smell and it is so easy to scoop droppings out of. Droppings go straight in the compost and refill the tray as needed. I also sprinkle a layer on the floor of the coop before adding shvings, then sprinkle as needed. I tried shavings first but hard to scoop, gets messy and creatures more moisture....I can buy both PDZ and StallDri in 40 lbs bags at the farmers co-op and the local petfood warehouse

 

[kathyinmo]

My droppings board it flat, and covered with linoleum. I plow threw it every morning. It literally takes less than a minute. It keeps they flys down, and no smell in my coop. I use DE on the bedding and sprinkle some on the roosts and droppings board as well.

 

[scooter147]

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This method works perfectly for me. I have 30 chickens.
I spray a bleach solution on the linoleum once a week and wash off with the garden hose. I remove the linoleum from the coop.