Roost & poop board design

[EasterEggDrew]

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[aart]

Nice drawing! (except no numbers)
This old drafter loves a good drawing!
That should work fine...I'd go 6" for the dam.
What is the height from top of dam to top of door opening?

Like I said before, if necessary you may be able to cut door opening a bit higher,
depending on the range of operation of the sliding door, without rebuilding anything.

 

[EasterEggDrew]

Thanks! No numbers, because I didn't want to go out to the barn/shop and measure at 11pm.

. But, I believe door is only 12" high, or thereabouts. Was thinking about this more this morning, and leaning toward just moving door. I could just cut it higher, and add dam if I make new door (existing door just covers existing opening), and make taller guide cleats for door. Might be the best compromise.

How much head room to allow for nesting boxes? Will mock up poop tray and roost tonight. Thinking tray should be two pieces 18" deep X 24" wide, and sitting loose on shelf brackets for easy removal and cleaning.


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[aart]

Gotcha on the numbers omission.
Sounds like a good plan for pop door.

Nest height... 12" would be fine...14" or 16" would be better.
I'd stick with what they are...guessing 12"?...as you are vertically limited due to your floor space

Poop board in 2 pieces for removal for cleaning sounds good...but ...depends on:
How you plan manage your poop board.
How/where you attach the roost.
Splitting it into 2 pieces, and removing for cleaning, you might end up cleaning nests too.
Sounds like some more standing in the coop and looking and thinking(field design) are in order.
Put a piece of wood close to or same depth as planned up there and see how it feels.

I use sand/PDZ and sift poops out, it's about 30" high so very easy for me to reach.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...raphic-gross-poop-pictures/1100#post_13179595
Mine do sit on a couple brackets made out of 2x4's and are only held on with a couple screws, was nice when I had to remove them to fix the liners this spring.

 

[EasterEggDrew]

Thanks! What are liners?


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[EasterEggDrew]

Proposed heights, roost about 21" below bottom edge of 1.7 sq ft roof vent.

Poop board 3" - 4" below roost.

Poop board at 14" above bottom of nest box.

Poop board to be maybe 16", with roost bar at 12".

Thoughts?



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[aart]

Have vinyl liner on my poop boards, poop doesn't stick to it, except sometimes when if freezes in winter...will have to look for pics, may have 'lost' them.

Nice mock-up of board and roost with the tape in 3rd pic....looks like that will work.

Vent right over roost gave me pause and I realized your rafter configuration will not allow for eave venting.

 

[TerryH]

Like your plan Drew. I personally would make the poop tray in one piece. It shouldn't be a big deal to get it out if you need to. Mine is 8' and I've had it in and out a few times by myself. I just screwed a couple of 2x4 ledger boards horizontally on the walls and sat the poop board on those. Our roosts are mounted on a piece of 2x4 on edge. That assembly sits on the edge of the poop tray. It's sized to be a snug fit between the walls so it's solid but easy to remove for cleaning etc..

 

[EasterEggDrew]

For poop tray, what's the preferred construction and depth? Seems a 3/4" plywood with Formica and 3/4" cleat around perimeter to hold litter (PDZ?) might be suitable.

 

[aart]

I used laun which is about 3/16 thk and cheap....and 2x2's (ripped 2x4).
3/4 wouldn't really be deep enough, even tho I only use about 1/2 deep sand/pdz.