Chicken coop poop tube

[endlesshobbies]

3 months into this experiment and it looks like it is working. Goal is to concentrate the droppings, vent it and make it easy to remove from coop.

 

[Windrider]

Visiting family in Wyoming, I found it so dry that one gets alligator skin. I imagine this system works there because the poop dries out almost instantly. Might not be a solution for all climates, but an ingenious idea for for theirs.

 

[endlesshobbies]

I can only imagine that 3 months of poop staying in that tube, uncovered, unmixed with straw or any other bedding material...it's gotta create one heck of a a stink with all of the ammonia fumes. How do you address that and make sure the air in the coop is healthy?

Interesting! How do you push it out?

The door is covered with screen so it’s like a 6inch wind tunnel. One door is on a hinge, I open the door, slide out the inner pipe, carry it to the composter and it pours right in.

 

[endlesshobbies]

You only empty the tube every 3 months?
How many birds and how old are they(in weeks or months)?

Nothing ever sticks to the angled boards feeding the tube?
Is there an easy way to scrape those off when necessary?

This is the first time I’ve emptied it since I built it. 3 months and a week ago. I have 4 bantams that are 5 months old. The boards are sprayed with rustoleum Never Wet product. It seems to be holding up well after 3 months. I could make a scrapper to push in down if it starts to collect on the side boards. So far almost everything is collecting on the bottom. With a little bit of straw in the tube I didn’t have to scrape out any, it just poured into the composter.

 

[endlesshobbies]

I can only imagine that 3 months of poop staying in that tube, uncovered, unmixed with straw or any other bedding material...it's gotta create one heck of a a stink with all of the ammonia fumes. How do you address that and make sure the air in the coop is healthy?

Both sides of 6inch conduit have a mesh screen to allow air flow. The coop itself has its own ventilation.

 

[aart]

I have 4 bantams that are 5 months old.

So tiny pullet poops, might change once they start laying.
Keep us posted.

 

[aart]

You only empty the tube every 3 months?
How many birds and how old are they(in weeks or months)?

Nothing ever sticks to the angled boards feeding the tube?
Is there an easy way to scrape those off when necessary?

 

[629864]

I can only imagine that 3 months of poop staying in that tube, uncovered, unmixed with straw or any other bedding material...it's gotta create one heck of a a stink with all of the ammonia fumes. How do you address that and make sure the air in the coop is healthy?

 

[Weeg]

I imagined something like a giant caulk gun.

Yes! Like a push pop!

 

[perkolator]

Huh, now that is something I've never come across in looking at chicken coops.
I like it - great job