How often do you clean out your run and coop?

[Buster52]

Ummm... You're supposed to clean them?

 

[jjthink]

Daily. Even with only 2 birds, if I miss just one poop, inevitably I end up stepping in it (Murphy's Law is alive and well) and tracking it all over creation, including through the house. So I try to get every poop every day. Just easier for me than cleaning up poop that is tracked all over. While I may have only 2 birds, together they poop a bazillion times a day.. Can't even imagine how much poop for bunches of chickens..... Also, with all the disgusting humidity and moisture around especially in the summer, I figure that's less festering stuff for the birdies feet to come into contact with, and maybe I am reducing risk of truly unpleasant things like bumblefoot. JJ

 

[norcal]

Scooter::: I don't have a rototiller.

I want one, but our stupid mortgage payments on the new "plot o land" are killing us.

In the coop:
It's arid here, if there's a poop left in the coop, it's dry the next day. Under the roost is TOO thick to leave though.

 

[toletiquesbysam]

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I'm with you on this one!! If you use the dry stall or DE and deep litter method you really don't have cleaning to do!!

 

[Beekissed]

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I rake out the poop under the roosts every day or every other day, don't use litter and only clean out the nests if they are dirty or need more hay. I have round roosts, so I don't get poop there.
Takes all of 3 min. to clean out my coop. I free range, so my dogs clean up the poop in the "run"!

Never bleach or scrub any other surface but the waterer every so often.

 

[weaveagarden]

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round roosts? Do they like them? Pic or link please?

Updated.... OH, I think I get it. You mean dowel type roosts, not a little round stool type roost.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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I'm with you on this one!! If you use the dry stall or DE and deep litter method you really don't have cleaning to do!!

Ditto - I have been told I'm OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) when it comes to cleanliness. I add a little fresh litter once in a while and vacuum out spider webs - only cuz I don't like spiders! Oops there goes that OCD thing again.

Sandee

 

[CheerfulHeart2]

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It seems like the twice a year cleaning discussion was in the winter, when many folks had snow. . .

My coup is small and has screen on the bottom. I spray it out once a week or so. . . even in winter, but no snow here in the desert.

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

Since their run is huge I use a small tiller and mix under their high traffic areas and sometimes add some composed pine needles to keep the soil loosend. The coop itself I clean out about once every 2-4 weeks depending on the mess they have made.

 

[FaereChicken]

This is what I *love* about the chicken tractor. When the "run" gets messy - move! And the grass just gets greener and greener.

I probably open up the sleeping box/nest box 2-3 times a year and scrape it down. It's got a slatted floor, so the poos fall through, mostly, to the ground or to a tray in winter. The tray's nice, because I can dump it right into the compost bin.