Need tips for keeping a clean run

[ll]

I have 2 pullets in an 8x8 dirt run that I hoe almost every day. I mix it up not only because it's good upper body exercise, but mostly to keep it dry! I also scoop the monster size obvious piles when needed. I add DE for the fun of it. I can soak the run with a hose if needed. Our run is built on very well draining soil.
I have an endless supply of dry bamboo leaves that I am using for bedding/litter in the run ~ they are being hoed and chicken scratched to smitherines and are seemingly absorbed back into the earth because I keep adding more... and it's mixed with pinecones.
My run is new, so far so good.

 

[meowteri2]

I have a ice chopper and just scoop it off the dirt onto a shovel. I suppose a garden hoe would do the same thing. Then I throw it in my manure container.

 

[reksat]

My run is dirt&grass . I normally let the droppings dry out some what until they're hard. Thats when I take a shrub rake and a hoe and gather them up with a scoop shovel then just toss them in the field. I do this about 1 time a week.Seems to work so far for me.