New to chickens- question about cleaning the run...

[FlockinAround]

Ok- so every morning I clean the shavings in the coop and get all the poop out of there. But what about the run? Ours is built on dirt in the back corner of the yard (roofed with hardware mesh, but no floor other than the ground)- what's the best way to clean it and how often? Thank you!!

 

[AidKD]

I would just run a hoe around collecting all of their droppings!

 

[FlockinAround]

I would just run a hoe around collecting all of their droppings!

Thank you! daily, yes? Trying to figure out how often to clean everything and get on a schedule here!

 

[AidKD]

Thank you! daily, yes? Trying to figure out how often to clean everything and get on a schedule here!

Cleaning daily might make it easier for you in the long run so you don't have as much to clean, opposed to if you waited every few days.

 

[Baker1181]

I do a light rake job with a plastic rake a couple days a week, Just enough to glide over the sawdust a grab the poop. The uncovered section of run is pellets that have compacted already and I just rake a pile of poop up and shovel into a bucket. The covered portion is still grassy but dead, dry dirt and small straw/hay bedding. I drop it in piles and put extras so they have something to do and kick around. Pictures were today after a clean. I didn’t put all their clutter back in yet, I got rid of a few things to replace this weekend. People always ask about the lights in the run, they are on a timer. They come on at 4am and turn off at 8am. Chickens leave coop within 10 minutes of light coming on.