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Feb 4, 2015 · The PDZ is a desiccant and makes removing the poop with a kitty litter scoop a breeze. If you have a larger flock or a coop that's too big for the sand / PDZ routine, poop boards are you best bet. Some folks use just plain boards; others cover the boards in linoleum or heavy contact paper. The theory is to have the boards under the roosts so ...
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Jan 17, 2017 · In the Brooder. I work at a college and run a small chicken coop of from 85-125 chickens depending on how things are going. I pitched the idea of the poop hammock as a simple idea that would save us some labor cost of the 1-2 hours that it takes for 4 people to clean our coop. Some information is that our coop is on the back of a 30 foot ...
Poop Hammock Rocks!! - BackYard Chickens
Jul 3, 2011 · So the hammock itself is from a piece of canvas that he purchased from home depot for roughly $20 - it is held up with jack chain, an eyebolt and is secured to the walls with a large washer and screwed in. The end of the jack chain is opened up so that I can lift up the whole thing and take it outside.
Poop Board vs. Poop Hammock - BackYard Chickens
Dec 31, 2010 · The hammock is positioned about 4 inches below the roosts and collects a bunch of poop. We clean the hammock every other day with a cat liter shovel and we place pine shavings on the hammock to make it smell a bit nicer. It is very easy to clean and to move around.
Poop Hammock Rocks!! | Page 2 - BackYard Chickens
Jul 3, 2011 · The canvas actually acts to help dry the poop and can be left for a long period of time - when I found this idea the girl who posted lets it go one month! The canvas draws the moisture through and dries the poop - I do it every few days but in the winter its nice to know that I COULD wait a week or so to empty it (or a month if I chose)!
Droppings Board/Poop Hammock - BackYard Chickens
Mar 19, 2019 · How far out past the roost should the droppings board/poop hammock extend to really catch most of the poop? For example, if my roost bars are 12" from the wall, how far past that 12 inches should the board extend - 4" (16" from the wall)?
Poop hammock, with a different take - BackYard Chickens
Mar 31, 2013 · I always scoop the poop out of the pens floor since I have sand in there. I also sprinkle some sand on the roost boards so that's what is all in the hammock since I was nailing it fell off into the hammock. I usually sift the sand on it to keep the poop from sticking to the boards. Then here are SOME of them free ranging this evening.
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Jul 3, 2011 · Funny you should ask that. The first pic I posted was when I had 8 hens. I now have around 60 with more to come. I built a frame about 2' off the coop floor and well below two long roosts. Then I covered the frame with white board. Every morning I simply scrape the poop into a bucket and dump on...
Poop Board vs. Poop Hammock | Page 2 - BackYard Chickens
Dec 18, 2010 · I put up a poop hammock about a month ago. I used shade cloth under the roosts and placed a tarp on top of the shade cloth. Once a week I take the tarp out of the coop, dump the poo in the compost pile and then hang the tarp to allow the rain to clean it. I have several tarps so install a nice dry clean one each week.
Poop hammock-not going to work - BackYard Chickens
Apr 21, 2015 · Tried it out this week. The smell is horrific and even with daily emptying I’m afraid the fumes might be too much for the hens. 19 birds Anyone find a way to make this work? The two roosts are six feet across and about 48 and 56 inches in …