Just wondering how often everyone cleans

[CEO]

Kind of random but how often does everyone clean droppings in the coop and run?

 

[21hens-incharge]

The coop is once a week. I do not have droppings boards. If I did they would get cleaned daily and the coop likely could go much longer.

The run is deep litter so just once a year.

 

[Chookchicken]

I clean out their coop once or twice a week (depending on how messy they’ve been). My run is deep litter so I clean it out and put it in my compost every 6 months. The only reason I’d clean it out sooner was if I’d noticed mold, or if I moved their coop. I don’t normally clean their nesting box out, unless there is poop in it.

 

[black_cat]

I clean their coop once a week, and I never clean the run, just add more material. If it's getting bad (which is hard for them to do) I'll add a bag of topsoil from home depot and some scratch, and they mix everything for me.

 

[DobieLover]

I scoop the poop out of the PDZ each morning, clean the bedding out of the coop annually and never clean anything out of the run.

 

[Amateur-chicken-mama]

I clean mine whenever it looks like it needs a cleaning, or every one or two weeks. The run is pretty exposed to wind and doesn’t have any bedding in it, it’s just on dirt so I scoop it out once a month or so

 

[ShannonsChimkens]

Once a week coop floors are cleaned/sifted. New sand goes in the coops when needed. When it’s nasty rainy they bring water in with them, so sometimes have to scoop the wet entrance more. They’re free ranged in an acre and only have a spare run for babies or bad birbs that’s never emptied.

 

[Sally PB]

I scoop poop off the poop boards every day. I scoop any poop I see out of the pine shavings bedding in there. I check the nest boxes; fluff up/add to the bedding there if needed. It takes about 5 minutes a day.

I have yet to take all the bedding out of the coop. I've added three bales of shavings/hemp in a year's time. It does not smell unless someone has just dropped a cecal poop. Even last week when it was HOT and HUMID, it did not smell.

I throw garden weeds into the run 2-3 times a week. In the fall, I add lots of dry leaves. I scoop any poop I see out there, just because I want it for the compost bin.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I scoop poop boards every 2-3 days and scoop up any poo I see in the coop, I add grass clippings and potting soil to the run every time we mow and let the ladies do their thing

 

[Krugerrand]

Here's 19 pages from the section sticky:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-poll—how-often-do-you-clean-your-coop.1453186/