So. Much. Poop.

[Redguitar77]

Just a random comment to share and laugh about... I am super new to chicken keeping - I have 8 in my flock that are 11 and 12 weeks old - and I have to confess that it never even occurred to me to consider the sheer volume of output a chicken is capable of while day dreaming about adding them to the fam. I feel like such a dummy! When they were teeny babies, I thought, "Well sure... they poop a lot... like human babies." I blow/hose off the patio and an hour later it looks like I was never there. They have allllll kinds of grassy yard to roam in, but they prefer my patio and its furniture. Sigh.

My husband was outside patiently swatting flies away last night and said, "Did you know they pooped this much?" Umm... no. Tell me, wise ones, does it just get worse the bigger they get or can I cross my fingers that what we have now is as bad as it gets? My 3.5 year old told some friends that we got new pets... Chickens.... and flies.

Well, back to hosing off the patio I go! This is really the only downfall I have found about these funny, sweet creatures so that's not so bad at all. Happy Tuesday!

 

[pertnear09]

Just a random comment to share and laugh about... I am super new to chicken keeping - I have 8 in my flock that are 11 and 12 weeks old - and I have to confess that it never even occurred to me to consider the sheer volume of output a chicken is capable of while day dreaming about adding them to the fam. I feel like such a dummy! When they were teeny babies, I thought, "Well sure... they poop a lot... like human babies." I blow/hose off the patio and an hour later it looks like I was never there. They have allllll kinds of grassy yard to roam in, but they prefer my patio and its furniture. Sigh.

My husband was outside patiently swatting flies away last night and said, "Did you know they pooped this much?" Umm... no. Tell me, wise ones, does it just get worse the bigger they get or can I cross my fingers that what we have now is as bad as it gets? My 3.5 year old told some friends that we got new pets... Chickens.... and flies.

Well, back to hosing off the patio I go! This is really the only downfall I have found about these funny, sweet creatures so that's not so bad at all. Happy Tuesday!

Lol, welcome to the world of chickens. The only change to expect is the piles will get bigger.

 

[twilightgecko]

i swear my girls think their name is "who pooped on the porch?" .. ha.. ya learn to watch where ya step..

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome! Birds do produce a lot of 'stuff'; be glad you didn't start with geese. Or turkeys! Consider fencing them away from your patio and nice furniture, and all the great compost you'll have in the future. Mary

 

[Redguitar77]

Welcome! Birds do produce a lot of 'stuff'; be glad you didn't start with geese. Or turkeys! Consider fencing them away from your patio and nice furniture, and all the great compost you'll have in the future. Mary

Mary, I was just standing outside today, watching them (again) and was trying to think of how I could fence them and still give them plenty of room but then I remembered that the city counts any fencing in the yard to keep them contained toward the overall square footage allowed for chickens and I'm already pushing my luck with the coop and run that I have. Ah, well. It seems like in the last few days they've established some favorite spots and are using the patio as a shortcut. So, the patio poop has been significantly better. Now that I've said that....

Twighlightgecko, I think we have chickens with the same name! ha! My kids are 3 and 1 and my 3 year old is always saying, "Look out for poop!" to her brother. Super proud parenting moments.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

I just started letting my chickens out of the coop/run/barn into the barnyard, the word barn is a stretch its just a big coop. Now I am putting a bench outside the barnyard with the overshoes and boots stored under because after only a few days its hard to walk around without getting it on the shoes. The barnyard is all dirt some weeds I guess raking may have to happen at some point. At least I am not worried about the poop in the coop I am doing deep litter and no smells

Gary

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Welcome! Birds do produce a lot of 'stuff'; be glad you didn't start with geese. Or turkeys! Consider fencing them away from your patio and nice furniture, and all the great compost you'll have in the future. Mary

Oh, so true about geese.....

 

[User395221]

They have allllll kinds of grassy yard to roam in, but they prefer my patio and its furniture. Sigh.

The chicken-owner-who-gives-the-chooks-freedom's lament. I have a HUUUUGE backyard, and yet they poo on the paving. It's all a question of priorities. I like to see them having "fun" wandering about, so I put up with the poo and them digging things up.

I got an omlet fence secondhand. I had to use it to put around the vege garden because a girl realised she could fit through the bamboo fencing, but I was originally going to try blocking the patio with it. It's just like tennis-net stuff that you attach to poles.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The chicken-owner-who-gives-the-chooks-freedom's lament. I have a HUUUUGE backyard, and yet they poo on the paving. It's all a question of priorities. I like to see them having "fun" wandering about, so I put up with the poo and them digging things up.

X2..... a good hit with the hose nozzle cleans things up (or a dog with a taste for nasty stuff )

 

[Folly's place]

All dogs love poo! Mary