Official BYC Poll: How Often Do You Clean Your Coop?

[tigger19687]

I used to have a 7x7 shed that I had 6 hens in, shavings on the floor (over a shaking of DE), a shelf with PDX under the Roosts that I cleaned every day (it also had a little DE in it).
Under roost got Sifted like kitty litter every day when I collected eggs, floor once a year.
Nest boxes had Hay that got changed out once a month maybe or if someone pooped in it.
If it was a Very wet season and the floor shavings looked bad I would change it out.

I got rod of my hens a few years ago since I thought I was moving, it didn't happen. Now I am looking for 2 old hens just to have hang out. They will live in a small coop with BIG free range netted yard. I am sure that I will do the same cleaning.
Once you get on a roll witha system and how easy it is, you don't really think about it

 

[ChookaPete]

There seem to be a lot of people in this world that live for drama and look-at-me, and they have pretty much taken over a lot of social media, especially with visuals. It winds up creating a sense of anxiety in readers of "oh no, am I supposed to be doing this?!", and then we're off and running.

I find the very term "influencer" absolutely nauseating.

Signed,
Cranky ole lady

I wholeheartedly agree!

 

[ChookaPete]

I hear you, the new generation is doing things that we find it .....grrrr

I am at that age, I find the new generation is grrrrr, and I am also feeling grrrrrr when my mom is doing certain thing.

This is the part where I should put in the thread...I am so old I remember.......life used to be pimplier than now.

Haha!

I don't think it is just young people, in their 20s. I find it is a lot of 40-somethings, 30s, even +50 year olds who are like that.

 

[Imshytoo]

I scoop out the coop daily and the run every two days. It doesn't take long as we are using sand. Deep cleaning once a month because I'm extremely OCD and can't handle it being messy