Poop boards

[tikibanjo]

Just wanted to post my upgrade to the poop board/litter box system. I tried sand for the floor substrate for about a year, and found it really messy and difficult to clean regularly. I even used a snow shovel with about 500 drill holes for scooping. Huge pain.

Poop boards beneath the perches - with a little sand, diatomaceous earth, and odor absorber - has been AWESOME. I scoop it once a week or maybe a little more frequently, and the floors can return to a slow deep litter process with pine shavings (with very little poop anyways, since they spend most days outside or up on the perches).

 

[DobieLover]

Just wanted to post my upgrade to the poop board/litter box system. I tried sand for the floor substrate for about a year, and found it really messy and difficult to clean regularly. I even used a snow shovel with about 500 drill holes for scooping. Huge pain.

Poop boards beneath the perches - with a little sand, diatomaceous earth, and odor absorber - has been AWESOME. I scoop it once a week or maybe a little more frequently, and the floors can return to a slow deep litter process with pine shavings (with very little poop anyways, since they spend most days outside or up on the perches).

Much better.
I can't NOT clean the boards daily. Whoever thought you could get addicted to scooping poop.

 

[mamajos]

The coop poop scooping group! I’m a proud member also!

 

[DobieLover]

Fill your poop boards with more sand, whatever you use. Find that helps me so poops don’t freeze to the bottom of the poop board.

My birds see more material on the board and think, "Oooo! Bath time!" and and start dust bathing.

 

[Callender Girl]

I am a poop board fan. However, with temps in the single digits below zero and the wind chill nearing double digits below zero, there is less scooping this week and more chiseling! Frozen poop can be removed, although not as easily, with a sturdy metal spatula and a flat-head screwdriver.

Hurry up, Spring!!

 

[Ted Brown]

FWIW Using PDZ on the poop boards eliminates the chisel/hammer requirement although there is a minimal depth that is required in order to eliminate "poop lock down"; about 1/2" is what I find is necessary. Less that that most waste is easily picked up but anything watery will go into lock down. Even then I am usually able to get it off with a metal scarper.

I have 25 birds and find that I need to add a bag every 6-8 weeks.

 

[mamajos]

The best part about the poop boards is that it takes so little work to have it all clean! Rewarding to see a clean coop. And fluff the floor, no poop smell, or visible poop.

 

[DobieLover]

Interesting, I do not have this problem although am quite aware that the personalities of our birds is as varied as the personalities of members on BYC. Some of mine do peck at the PDZ particularly after I have cleaned in the morning, not sure why that is but do not worry since PDZ is simply processed volcanic rock.

I do have largish dust baths both in the run and coop, these get used on a regular basis by most of my flock. I use sand, stove ash and sulphur (part of my mite deterrent program) in the baths.

My birds dig holes all around the run and bathe there.

Their built-in dust bath was heavily used until they brought up all the gravel I laid down as a base.

They have NO excuse to be using the poop boards to bathe in!!! One of the chicks in the above image is the one that started it all when she grew up. She's a little turd. ALWAYS getting into things and starting mischief.

 

[mamajos]

Fill your poop boards with more sand, whatever you use. Find that helps me so poops don’t freeze to the bottom of the poop board.

 

[mowin]

Definitely not a member of the daily poop scoop club.. lol
I'm the opposite. I try to clean my poop boards probably once a month. Did mine today as it been close to two months. Removed 3, 5gal pails full.