poop boards

[junkman56]

I have a question for everyone using poop boards under their roots.
right now I am using stall fresh from TS,
on the poop board kinda costly, what are you using on your boards? I thought about sand,
I look forward to your responses
thanks
Jack

 

[Quadzilla32]

I have a question for everyone using poop boards under their roots.
right now I am using stall fresh from TS,
on the poop board kinda costly, what are you using on your boards? I thought about sand,
I look forward to your responses
thanks
Jack

I use sand mixed with PDZ and works pretty well so far

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I use sand mixed with PDZ and works pretty well so far

x2

 

[DobieLover]

I have a question for everyone using poop boards under their roots.
right now I am using stall fresh from TS,
on the poop board kinda costly, what are you using on your boards? I thought about sand,
I look forward to your responses
thanks
Jack

I used a mix of sand/PDZ initially but the sand made it really dusty so I switched to all PDZ.
Then I switched to coffee ground bedding which was my favorite as it was much lighter, not at all dusty and about 1/3 the cost. But I recently discovered it is a seasonal offering. So I'm switching back to PDZ until the spring when I can get the coffee ground bedding again and stock up enough to last a year.

 

[montanabirdlady]

I have a question for everyone using poop boards under their roots.
right now I am using stall fresh from TS,
on the poop board kinda costly, what are you using on your boards? I thought about sand,
I look forward to your responses
thanks
Jack

I personally don't use anything. This is partially to me waiting to see what would make the most sense. I live in a pretty dry climate. The poop dries almost instantly. I wait until the poop builds up, and use a drywall scraper to remove. I barely put any effort into scraping. The plywood I use as a poop board is well weathered and is holding up very well. PDZ is a good idea though, and I have plenty of it.

Another point is that I have my roost bars positioned so the chickens can't really walk on the poop board, so they keep their feet off it 90% of the time.

 

[RojoMarz]

I also use PDZ Stall Refresher. I am drying our spent coffee grounds, to supplement the PDZ.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I use mini flake pine bedding from local farm store. Clean out with cat litter scoop once a week or so. No smell and absorbent. Also 1 bag is 5.00

 

[junkman56]

thanks for all the replies.
I clean the poop boards using cat litter scoop also, I clean them every morning so there's no build up Orr smell, is PDZ the same as stall fresh?

 

[Cryss]

thanks for all the replies.
I clean the poop boards using cat litter scoop also, I clean them every morning so there's no build up Orr smell, is PDZ the same as stall fresh?

Yes it’s a he same thing. I don’t add sand to my PDZ only because any sand I’ve ever bought for dust bathing is always wet. It takes forever to dry just a few scoopfulls for dust bathing. I can’t fry it fast enough to use regularly on the poop board.

 

[aart]

is PDZ the same as stall fresh?

Maybe.

@RojoMarz posted a good link to what most of us call PDZ:

I also use PDZ Stall Refresher. I am drying our spent coffee grounds, to supplement the PDZ.

There is also a product called Stall Fresh
Which is a totally different thing and I would not recommend it for chickens.