We made our own slide in and out wood poop board ourselves in a jiffy with wood we had and covered it with sheet vinyl flooring remnant that we got locally for $12. It was enough to cover the whole floor of the coop and the poop board. We slide it out and empty every morning and wipe down. No smell, muss, or fuss.
build a simple box for under the roosts and fill with sand or Sweet PDZ. It's a really simple build.
We use foam playpen pads cut to size under the roost bar and under the ladder roost. They're made to fold up and also to lie flat, so every morning we fold them up, carry them outside, and hose them off, then hang them to dry in the barn. At night they go back down under the roosts. I absolutely do not get the point of using boards and trying to scrape poo off them.
Been using poop board under roosts for years, scrap it clean every day or 2, no smell at all. dump the poop around fruit trees, in fenced orchard in summer and in veg garden in fall and winter, till it in in spring, works great for me and no hard work.
great idea, I painted my poop board with 3 coats water based and I can wash it down every so often. It is paint that is safe for babies and chickens. I have 20 chickens and no smell as I said before.
Another great idea, I had considered vinyl also, went with the 3 coats of paint. I forgot to mention that I scrape the poop board with an old hoe, into a bucket, chickens do most of their pooping at night and are out in the yard during the day. Works for me.
