droppings pit or board?

[teach1rusl]

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PG covered most of it. Yes, ideally the roosts would be at least a foot apart. But mine does work for me, possibly because I only have 5 chickens. I initially placed the lower bar so that it would be easier for my girls to fly up there (it's actually a bit lower now than in the pic)...I was going to remove it at a later time. However, mine would rather have a window seat than top roosting bar, so I typically have one or two that will sit on the lower spot next to the window. Since my girls all sit facing forward (looking out the window), I've never had a "poop incident" lol. And my big butted BO can barely make it up to the lower roost, so I'm glad I left it.

And GW...as PG indicated, it really saves your bedding! I hate to think how much bedding I'd be cleaning and replacing if all that poop was landing down below...so in my mind a dropping board saves work AND $$ bedding costs.

 

[Peppermint]

Do the chicks ever walk around on the poop board??? Or do they tend to stay and walk along the roosts? I'm trying to come up with a poop board under my roosts, but I can't think of a way for them to not have access to the poop area. I'm envisioning some pushing and shoving going on, and my bantys will likely fall onto the poop board...

 

[PortageGirl]

Nope, mine don't. Very very rarely, one will hop up there to get up to the roost faster then the others using the ramp, but it's extremely rare and it's just a quick sort of transit thing. And it doesn't ever get disgusting anyway, not even if you only get to it once a week, because it's up off the floor and things dry up fairly well, so it's not a big deal if they do.

 

[Peppermint]

I don't have room for a ladder up to the roosts, so they'll have to fly. I just thought there would be some jostling and possible sleeping in the poop area...

 

[LaurelRidgeDreams]

This droppings board was easy to build the size we needed. It's working great for the chickens and for me

At nine weeks old, when the pullets arrived, they would walk around on the board ducking under the roosts. At thirteen weeks, they can't do that anymore. Walking on the board has not been a problem. I do have two inches of pine shavings on the board now and cleaning the poop off every morning is fast and simple.