Your favorite tool you got cheap.?

[Happy hen lover]

I wanted to start a thread for all the newbies to show them our favorite tool you got and how they're used for a buck or so. Everything is so expensive right now I thought it would be helpful for all of us.
I'll start :
I bought some awesome roost scrapers at the $ tree to scrape poo off of roosts at cleaning time, yes one is an ice scraper and a wide style putty/paint knife.

My next ones are a cat litter scooper to sift bedding away from poo. Also found the kneeling pad there and scored this silver cooking tool thingy at thrift store. ( For little poo's. )

Your turn. I hope @3KillerBs , @rosemarythyme , & @aart chime in as I've learned lots from these folks.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Your photos pretty much cover the type of things I have. My scraper is much narrower (so I can stow it on the windowsill inside the coop) and my cat litter scoop has an old broomstick duct taped to it though, so I can use it standing up.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Can’t live withouts:
$1 plastic kitty litter scooper
Old Kemps cream bucket with handle.
Small carabiners (door locks, hangs feed, water, etc

 

[aart]

I do poop boards a bit different, thin layer of PDZ and sift the whole board daily.
Old hoe with handle cut down for scraping, so spent more for a sifter.
Pics are in posts below with link to sifter basket.

Here's some posts about it, they're kind of old, but changes are noted.
...and the threads these posts are in has a ton of examples of poop boards.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-poop-pictures.621363/page-111#post-13179595
Updates:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-poop-pictures.621363/page-178#post-18966048

https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/1/...ch-x-9-inch-mesh-drawer-organizer-silver.html

 

[3KillerBs]

I've got to cook dinner (scrambled eggs), and run back out the door, but I'll think about what I've got to recommend.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Thanks to the wise chicken gurus.

 

[alinas2010]

A kitchen scrubby brush on a handle to scrub mud and poop off the water-ers.

 

[Happy hen lover]

A kitchen scrubby brush on a handle to scrub mud and poop off the water-ers.

Great idea! They're so slimy and anything that has a horizontal surface gets pooped on!

 

[KyCoop]

A hand rake I got from a big box store. Awesome to use with my plastic cat litter scoop. And it reaches corners and under things the big rake wont.

 

[deidreg]

My answer is a bit different, but I discovered three indispensable tools: bungee cords, carabiners, and zip ties.