I'm the queen of poop mountain!

[twisted-acres-farm]

I pick up poop daily too, but not chicken poop only dog poop.
SO..I think you might be a little bit more on the crazy side than I am.

 

[nminusyplusm]

You need deep litter! The only thing I scooped today was the indoor cat's litter box.

I do however stare longingly at the chicken poop in the run and try to calculate when it will all be composted and ready for the garden. Ok, so maybe I'm a little psychotic.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[microchick]

I deep litter so nope. Poop=fertilizer for the pasture, yard, garden, etc.

But I defend to the death your right to scoop the poop to your hearts content.

I have to admit that I did look at one of my coops today and tell my birds that if the weather didn't hurry up and break the roosters were going to be rubbing their combs on the ceiling of one coop.

 

[Ameraucana5]

I have my birds free range, but inside a fence. They have about an acre to frolic around in all day. And I wear muck boots to go in there yard, and I keep those in the garage. So I think that I'm in the more sane side!

 

[chickenmeadow]

Oh my, I would just never go around picking it (poop) up, no way, I'm not that weird. Really!

Ha! Ha! I prefer to use a kitty litter scoop every morning to keep the continuous sand trays under their night roosts clean & dry; to avoid stinkies & moisture in coop . Sounds like you just love being neat & love having animals. Best wishes.

 

[Ameraucana5]

I do however stare longingly at the chicken poop in the run and try to calculate when it will all be composted and ready for the garden. Ok, so maybe I'm a little psychotic.

Welcome to BYC!

 

[aquabum]

No poop picking up for me. I have 7 chickens. 6 hens and a young roo right now. The run stays smelling nice with them keeping it turned over enough and it just drying out and turning into earth! The coop get's a fresh bit of pine shaving about every 2-4 weeks depending on how much they have spend in there. They only really go in at night and to lay eggs! Otherwise it's out in the run or in the yard!

It rains enough here to keep the poop getting mixed into the dirt and grass etc... I pick up dog poop and that's it! I have special backyard shoes (crocks) that stay on the back porch and if poop get's on them, no big deal!

 

[Birdinhand]

if the space your are talking about in the hutch is really restricted then it's possible that cleaning it regularly is necessary. the other option you have is getting some hardware cloth and adding a run so they have more room. if you go in that direction, definitely cover it, chickens do best when they and the dirt they scratch around remains mostly dry.

 

[MrsMcnugget]

Oh yes, I’m your twin. Back before I ever got chickens, I was “poop scooper extraordinaire” for our seven dogs, seven LARGE dogs! Need I explain? There is no one who can place “pieces” on the pooper scooper in such an orderly fashion only to be able to get to just one more pile better than me. Uh, yup, I could win that contest, fo sho! And lawd have mercy, once the leaves start falling I go absolutely nuts. The poop is there, you just aren’t sure where...little land mines just waiting for someone to step on them.
Once I got chickens I then became obsessed with the little piles as well; some firm and then some not so firm (oh my word that $#!+ stinks). Everywhere, they do not discriminate. They don’t have that “sweet spot” in the yard to always visit, and spin around like a tiny tornado before they squat and deliver. Nope, they leave presents in just the right spots...right where your feet will plant as you’re walking to your car, or to the barn, or to the ..., save those very few “el stinkos” that the dogs take care of for me. Oh yeah, those dogs help me some. I’m just thankful they don’t help with their own! OMG am I ever so thankful.
So, to end this bit of miserable OCD confession, I will conclude by saying, “I’m glad to have a twin, @MrsMcnugget!”

@Mimi’s 13 HAHaHaHa! That's great! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who obsesses about the poop!

I'm not really sure where it's coming from for me; a need for the illusion of control over something? The disgust of stepping in all the messy, stinky presents they leave? A reason to be outside for long periods of time? Or maybe I'm just getting that much more neurotic? Hahaha who know!

 

[Mimi13]

I believe it’s all of the above for me and just the simple fact I love being outside, no matter the weather. The weather in Alabama is tolerable in the winter except for maybe three weeks all toll. And even though I do clean inside the house I’d much rather be cleaning outside. I guess cause it’s my territory. (Obviously I think I’m one of the animals.) That’s probably why I pick the most time consuming chores, ya think?