Poop board. Yes or no

[BigBlueHen53]

We don't have poop boards . Just a removable board on top of the nests. I'm really glad at least it is removable! But if I had it to do over again I would DEFINITELY do poop boards! Definitely. Caps, bold, underline.

 

[Folly's place]

Not me! No way am I doing 'poop scooping' daily out there for 30 to 40 chickens!!!
I do shavings as litter, and clean everything out two or three times each year. It's fine, and much less work, and fewer things to work around in the coop.
Mary

 

[DobieLover]

What size is your coop? Do you keep feeder or water inside? Do you have a picture to show where your nest box is located? I love your set up!

The answers to all your questions can be found in the article I wrote on the build. Click on the My Coop link in my avatar to read the article.

 

[Big Doggie]

We don't have poop boards . Just a removable board on top of the nests. I'm really glad at least it is removable! But if I had it to do over again I would DEFINITELY do poop boards! Definitely. Caps, bold, underline.

Thanks

 

[aart]

No way am I doing 'poop scooping' daily out there for 30 to 40 chickens!!!

Not sure I would do it for that many birds either.....my space only holds about 20 max.

 

[DobieLover]

Not sure I would do it for that many birds either.....my space only holds about 20 max.

I did it for 27. It took 20 minutes total to do all my morning chicken chores.

 

[sunnie7]

The answers to all your questions can be found in the article I wrote on the build. Click on the My Coop link in my avatar to read the article.

Found it thanks!!!

 

[jreardon1918]

I agree that a poop board needs to be wider. Ours are 14". And some of the poops miss. It has been on my list for a while to redo them to make then wider. As mentioned above, scooping the poops means far less major cleaning. The pinger shavings in the coop are still fresh. Next clean out will be this fall.

 

[rosemarythyme]

We don't have poop boards . Just a removable board on top of the nests. I'm really glad at least it is removable! But if I had it to do over again I would DEFINITELY do poop boards! Definitely. Caps, bold, underline.

I don't have them either and don't feel like redoing the roosts to put them in, but they sure seem convenient and I'd consider putting them in if I was setting up another coop.

Then again scooping out poop under the roosts with a doggie poop scooper only takes 5 min in the morning, so I guess it'd be a slight improvement, but not a game changer for me.

 

[rubysu87]

Cut the bottoms off your feed bags and use them as mini dropcloths under your perches. Dump the manure into a feedbag to age and spray the bags off with the hose, under a tree.

Total aha moment! Thanks! We’re composting the manure, but the feed bag drop cloth is perfect for our small 4 hen coop!