Roosting Polls & Droppings Boards - I need pics of YOURS!!!

[critterlover]

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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Did that silkie get up there by itself?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Did that silkie get up there by itself?

Nope, they stated that they put it up there for the pic....poor baby!

ETA: This is very interesting! I've never even heard of poop boards, guess that's another item on the list

 

[2txmedics]

Mine arent fancy, but as you can see my girls love them!!! I put them up and now they fight for a place on it...where I put it which is at the top of the coop, so when I walk in...its over my shoulders while standing....I put it there as there all the way across its opened and covered in Chicken wire...so they can see out, or get a breeze

Before that as you can see to the right side of the coop in back, I had made a sort of ladder with roosts for them, and also some caddy corner to the left...they would all cram into the left one, and that was near the nest boxes...almost leveled, and I had them sleeping in the nest boxes...the branches werent long enough in some places so I connected them by thick rope, colorful so I could see them...tied together so there is no movement, its sturdy.

 

[paparootzi]

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I like the "natural" look myself. That's what I used for roosts also. I think they feel like they are out in the trees! I don't have roost boards. I just clean up the floor below.
Mine must like them too. As you can see, one of them is falling asleep just standing there!

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Papparoo is ALWAYS on the highest roost in the back watching over all his little ladies....and his "first love" is ALWAYS right beside him! She's quite jealous and never lets the others get beside him at night.

 

[Barred Rocker]

I had a limb come down in a storm from my locust tree a few weeks ago and thought it would make good roosts. Don't have a droppings board, I just shovel the poop out every couple of weeks.

 

[newchicksnducks]

This is a picture of our roosts. The lower roost is about 36 inches from the ground, the upper roost 12" higher and closer to the wall. The droppings board is only about 4 inches lower than the lower roost. Both roosts are just dropped into brackets on the wall...easy to remove to clean or replace. The roosts are 8 ft long 2x4, 4" side flat. I also use paint scraper to clean droppings once a week or so for our 15 chicks. It literally takes but minutes to do. Much easier than mucking out shavings from below the roosts. The droppings board is painted with high gloss paint, easier to clean. We left the roosts themselves bare, poo does stick to this and dry. I'll powerwash them if they get too gross. Or just replace them

This is my first picture posting...hope it works!
Here is another view of of the roost and board.

 

[cmom]

I don't have any dropping boards. I have a pit under my roosts that I rake out every week or two. The coop is raised a foot off of the ground. The top picture is an old picture.

 

[fiberart57]

Hello,
I'm a renegade I guess because I don't have dropping boards. I'd like to, I just feel that it would be too cumbersome and take up more space for the girls. Instead my roosts, about 72" total length are L-shaped along the center and the back of the 4'x6' coop. I have six standard birds and they all fit there with room to spare.

They are bedded in wood chips and shavings and every other day I'll go in with salad tongs (courtesy of the local thrift store) or a litter scoop and clean up the poo that's collected on the top of the shavings.

The trick, I think, is that the girls do not have to travel through the poo to the pop door out of the house or their water so they don't track it around. However, there may be upcoming problems with the nest box that I'll have to think about.

I live in an arid climate and the poop tends to stay fairly dry and the shavings do well to absorb the liquid.

Mary

 

[patandchickens]

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Just for whatever it's worth, be aware that droppings boards DO NOT take any space whatsoever away from the chickens. THey are under the roost but at least 18"above the floor (often much higher), so there is plenty of room for chickens to walk around under them.

I actually have my nestboxes under the droppings boards (so the droppings board is like the nestbox roof, with appropriate overhang) which works really well and is rather space-saving

Have fun,

Pat