Poop board - scraping or shoveling, what are you doing ?

[elmo]

Neither, really. I dump the contents of my plastic boot tray into the composter. Sometimes a cecal poo will stick, and for that I use a gardening trowel reserved for the purpose. Then I hose off the tray and return it to the coop.

 

[GermanChick]

Thank you for all your input ! After reading all of how you do it I think I want to be a "scraper"

.... one more thing i have figured out now

Now we need only good weather and DH NOT traveling so he can work on the coop, girls are now 2 weeks old and need a bigger home !

 

[mdbokc]

Yeah, don't just drop them on the floor. Although I use a scraping board, I scrape them into a container and they go to a composter. The floor is still quite clean even after a year. But I change it all out every late spring anyway, whether it needs it or not. Still no smell after a year.

 

[henney penny]

I use sweet pdz in mine its like litter and scoop it out every morning,I tried different things but in the winter mine freezes to to board so the pdz works great for me plus it soaks up the wetness and the smell.

 

[babettenj]

i have plastic place mats on poop board, purchased on clearance for 2 bucks for 6, that i can pick up and easily scrap poop into bucket. i wash them with hose when needed and hang on fence to dry- takes a minute. i need to keep them clean b/c one hen insists on laying her egg on poop board- what a goofball.

 

[jaj121159]

I use a hoe. I have three short ones that work great. I have another that I cut part of the handle off, but kept it longer for a bigger area.