Never seen *this* reason for shavings...

[cafarmgirl]

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I'm the same way! I also prefer the shavings in my coop. I'm the same way about my goat barn too and have you seen how goats poop?! Just when I get the barn raked up here they come, "Oh, nice clean floor......" great, 40 bazillion new rabbit poop sized things to rake up. I have to make myself put down the rake and go in the house!

 

[Mrs.Hoover]

How sad, reading this all I thought was "Crap, I gotta go get some sand"-All that poop gets to me, Now I can clean it up, just will have to bed the boxes down heavily with straw to keep them warm.

 

[FlaRocky]

OK, I hope nobody's other half comes up with the ideal of a central shop vac kind of system. On second thought, if one does ( I WANT ONE).

 

[anderson8505]

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Ooooooooooooooooooo Like the kind at hair salons? You just push the poop towards the little door and it sucks it all up. Maybe sends it right to the composter.... Cool.

 

[autumnprairie]

Better Yet Let Them Figure Out A Way To Do A Chicken Genie, Like They Have Done With Cats, No More Scooping, It Scoops And Cleans The Litter For Us All We Do Is Add More Liter And Cleaner.

 

[Knock Kneed Hen]

Thank you for sharing this valuable information!!! I scoop, rake and pick daily....I don't think I need to spend more time in that particular area and I do see how one could get a bit too over zealous.

DH asked me what happens to me when I go to put the chickens to bed, I'm gone for 2 hours.....

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Curious minds want to know...... What happens to you when you go to put the chickens to bed and you're gone for 2 hours?

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I have seen my husband use one of the shop vacs for that! We have a little shop vac that's useful for sucking up dust and cob webs in the coop, instead of using a broom. We don't use that one in the house.

He built a mini-coop/cage unit for several chickens inside one of the sheds, with a door to the outside. I've seen him using the shop vac to suck poo and shavings up, then later he dumps it outside.

 

[simplynewt]

Too Funny but what a thought...shavings on top of sand. A double protection of smell and wetness.

 

[cravenchx]

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This is so true!