Adopted Chickenman wrote:
I have enjoyed all the comments concerning your topics, but I still would like a better explanation of the poop hammock. Because of my rather poor planning, my outside roosts are directly above my sandpit that the girls use for sun/sand bathing. I clean the sandpit every other day along with the run. This is no problem but if I can make life easier, why not. As the old saying goes, work smarter and not harder. So any info you can give concerning the overall manufacture and assembly would greatly be appreciated. I would also use the poop hammock in the coop under the roosts. Thanks, Adopted Chickenman
I've written to best known American carpenter of the poop hammock and I'm sure he'll be responding shortly. I would try and describe how it all goes together- indeed should be able to as I designed the contraption- but alas mine brain is not a linear one. The poultry cote carpenters at Plymouth Colony Farm are going to be able to describe the poop hammock from an engineering stand point and they've tried out different shapes and sizes in different poultry enclosures.
As for your outdoor perches- might they be replaced with circular perches- for example- a wagon wheel suspended from the centre- a tire suspended from the centre- a home made branch wreath suspended from the centre-?
You'll need to secure these circular perches so that they don't swing widely when birds fly onto them. I prefer this design because it's easy to put an improvised poop hammock under them.
I believe the carpenters at Plymouth Colony Cote actually build them to spec. as well...
I have enjoyed all the comments concerning your topics, but I still would like a better explanation of the poop hammock. Because of my rather poor planning, my outside roosts are directly above my sandpit that the girls use for sun/sand bathing. I clean the sandpit every other day along with the run. This is no problem but if I can make life easier, why not. As the old saying goes, work smarter and not harder. So any info you can give concerning the overall manufacture and assembly would greatly be appreciated. I would also use the poop hammock in the coop under the roosts. Thanks, Adopted Chickenman
I've written to best known American carpenter of the poop hammock and I'm sure he'll be responding shortly. I would try and describe how it all goes together- indeed should be able to as I designed the contraption- but alas mine brain is not a linear one. The poultry cote carpenters at Plymouth Colony Farm are going to be able to describe the poop hammock from an engineering stand point and they've tried out different shapes and sizes in different poultry enclosures.
As for your outdoor perches- might they be replaced with circular perches- for example- a wagon wheel suspended from the centre- a tire suspended from the centre- a home made branch wreath suspended from the centre-?
You'll need to secure these circular perches so that they don't swing widely when birds fly onto them. I prefer this design because it's easy to put an improvised poop hammock under them.
I believe the carpenters at Plymouth Colony Cote actually build them to spec. as well...
Well, sorry for the slow response Resolution and Adopted Chickenman,
You would certainly save yourself a bit of time with a poop hammock. Depending on how many birds you have you would only have to harvest your manure every 2 or 3 weeks. And if your talking about 6 birds or so, you may only need to clean it out once a month! If some leaves are placed in the hammock then it makes clean up a lot easier.
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