Poop boards

[DobieLover]

@DobieLover American $, I often see it at one dollar off.

The CDN-American border has been closed for months now. It is a 200km drive for me to Ogdensburg NY so I buy whatever is in the store at the time (usually four bags). I am down to my last two bags, not certain what I will do when they are gone as I do not expect the border to open anytime soon.

That's a bummer.

 

[Pioneertown mama]

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!!

I use a hoe with the handle cut about halfway. Works for me.

 

[ChickEngineer]

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

I use boot trays under the perches, scrap them off into a bucket every morning, take them out and wash about once a week, easiest, quickest method I have found.

 

[aart]

I use a hoe with the handle cut about halfway. Works for me.

That's what I use too, works a treat.......except during this cold snap, some just won't come off.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

My birds dig holes all around the run and bathe there.View attachment 2520169

Their built-in dust bath was heavily used until they brought up all the gravel I laid down as a base.View attachment 2520172
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.

What do you use to cover the sides of your run? (In the first picture.)

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

I use boot trays under the perches, scrap them off into a bucket every morning, take them out and wash about once a week, easiest, quickest method I have found.

Do you have a picture? (Trying to get ideas.)

 

[DobieLover]

What do you use to cover the sides of your run? (In the first picture.)

Homemade tarps. I used string reinforced polyethylene sheeting, banner seaming tape and snaps. Secured to all vertical uprights with ripped down deck boards screwed through it to pin it down.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

Homemade tarps. I used string reinforced polyethylene sheeting, banner seaming tape and snaps. Secured to all vertical uprights with ripped down deck boards screwed through it to pin it down.
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Thank you!

 

[wallygirl5]

Basically: zeolite. It's a naturally occurring mineral that absorbs odors and moisture.
Only buy the granular form. The powder form is far too dusty.
I get it in 40# bags.

Do you you compost the PDZ poop?
I love the stuff also!

 

[DobieLover]

Do you you compost the PDZ poop?
I love the stuff also!

Yes. It's just a naturally occurring mineral. It's good for the soil. I have super compost!