pictures of droppings boards in short coops

[PAChickenChick]

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such a simple idea...and yet brilliant!!!
Thanks for pointing out an almost invisible tool that would really do the job!

 

[Gunslinger]

I use an old snow brush from the car to clean my coop -- a brush that is a little past its prime for snow removal. Works great! My dad, who grew up during the Depression and never throws anything away, suggested it.

Great idea!​

 

[redhen]

hi...dont know if this will help at all..

..Wendy

 

[dftkarin]

Thanks for sharing all the pictures! Redhed - are those seedling type trays filled with shavings on a shelf? It looks like a clever set-up!! I have been worrying about how to set up a board that won't end up being stepped on as a perch to getting on the roost. I'll probably have a single roost and the coop will be small because I only have 4 chickens. Thanks to everyone for their help!!

 

[Chicabee19]

wow... man! I just gave away about 50 of those seeding trays!

What are those nests made out of?

excellent coop!

 

[redhen]

hi..no they are rabbit hutch trays..you can get them at any farm store...but..the seedling trays would work just great i bet..

..or i bet if you look around the house..you could find alot of flatish type things to use as trays..........yeah..that was my concern also...i didnt want them to step on the dropping boards...so the ladder helps..they just go up it..and perch on the roosts......since i put them in..it is a HUGE differance..the coop floor stays alot cleaner...Wendy

 

[redhen]

hi chicabee19....the nest boxes are these things i found in a magazine..they are for like garage organization...they have doors(which i wanted..so my hens would not sleep in them at night before they started to lay)...they are like 18x18..and are made of a pvc type material..so easy cleaning!...

..Wendy

 

[redhen]

heres a close up pic of it...(dont mind all the feathers..i believe there was a roost spat last n

ight..lol..)..Wendy

 

[Firefyter-Emt]

Well, I will try to add photos later, but for now this is my plan. I plan to place my dropping pan to the left of the door on the back of my coop. The idea is to use full extension drawer runners to move the dropping pan into the area of the door. I plan to make the "tray" as a square frame that the drawer runners attach to and the floor will be hinged towards the front of the coop. The floor will be covered in vinyl tiles and have barrel bolts at the door side to "let down" the floor for cleaning. I will probably add short strips of wood at the edges to make a shallow box, these will sit against the bottom of the frame.

I plan to leave a thin layer of sand on the shelf and I hope to allow it to slide into a 5-gallon bucket or better yet, a plastic pan that will fit the width of the board. The dropping tray will serve two roosts about four feet long and at the same height.

 

[Linda in San Diego]

LOL, now that my girls are roosting, I could simply put down a layer of newspaper each night in the two corners they sleep in and then remove it in the morning.
Instead, the entire coop is a couple inches deep in shavngs and every once and a while, I stir the bedding up. Then after a couple of months, I rake everything out into a pan and take it to one of the trees in the yard and add it as mulch. This method is working very well so far. The inside of the coop is dry and pine smelling. In fact, I have to remember to stir bedding tomorrow.