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Gosh, that is such a good idea!! Our coop will have doors so I can just open them up and take a piece of wood out, scrape it off, and I'm good to go!
I have been putting one layer of papers down on my Poop Board (a laminate countertop). Then I put an inch of shavings on top the papers. When I want to clean it, I just wad up the papers, shavings and poop, throw them in a bucket and take the whole thing out to my compost pile. I have horses too, so I have an 8 foot high compost pile in the fall that shrinks by spring down to 3 foot and is ready to use in my garden. Right now it's so hot in the middle it's smoking! YEA! I usually have some left over from Spring and Summer cleaning that I use in the fall. I make sure the compost is at least 6 months old before I use it.
I use the DL method for my coup, have had no smell, no ammonia. I put a new bag of shavings in once a week. (My coop is a refurbished for chickens 12 x 12 horse stall). My chickens free range on 4 acres all day and are in at night. I have 36 Buckeyes that are 8 weeks old now...
My DH built a moveable roost with poop board for our new coop. The poop board is covered with vinyl and the whole board can be removed. The roost stand can also be moved if I need to.