KrisHoracek
Chirping
- Apr 27, 2017
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The coop I initially started with was a kit off Amazon, and I found the tray extremely annoying. If there was anything in it it would get stuck, or smear poop on the top part of the slot that it slid out of. I eventually just left the tray out, and the chickens would just roost over the bare ground and scratch it into the earth and straw. This did much more to control odor and was obviously a whole lot less maintenance. I just toss in more straw occasionally, and move the coop from time to time to get at the compost. To keep the sleeping and egg laying separate, I made a separate sleeping coop at the other end of the run with a solar door. I really like this setup, and want to replicate it in another spot, but my question is this: why can I not find a single coop kit that is designed to be over bare ground? It's such a great method for fertilizing a pasture, and is so much less maintenance. What is so great about the tray that it has to be in every single coop?