I wash down ramps and all very well, almost daily.
Dry chickens are healthy chickens.
Frequent wet cleaning isn't good for either the wood or the birds.
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I wash down ramps and all very well, almost daily.
I don’t keep it wet?? I wouldn’t leave the ramps soaking if your referring to that.Dry chickens are healthy chickens.
Frequent wet cleaning isn't good for either the wood or the birds.
Probably takes a long time to actually dry tho.I don’t keep it wet?? I wouldn’t leave the ramps soaking if your referring to that.
The ramps are removable. If its not good for the wood so be it. I feel better knowing they are clean compared to not doing it. Thats just me, its just how i like it.
It doesn’t take to long.Probably takes a long time to actually dry tho.
Wet/damp wood is a petri dish for bacterial growth.
I never clean my coop as I do not have chickens yet. I have my water and septic permits so dealing with poop is easy for me. I expect to be chicken pooping within 2 months after I recover more from a car accident.It's not a pleasant part of keeping chickens, but it's one we must all deal with regardless: poop. How often do you clean your coop out? Don't include pens in your answer, just your coop or coops. Do you find it easy or difficult to clean them out? What changes to your coop design or technique would you make to improve the process?
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I have rubber mats in my coop. Sweep then mop every morning. It takes about 15 minutes. Easy.It's not a pleasant part of keeping chickens, but it's one we must all deal with regardless: poop. How often do you clean your coop out? Don't include pens in your answer, just your coop or coops. Do you find it easy or difficult to clean them out? What changes to your coop design or technique would you make to improve the process?
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THAT is an awesome coop!I clean out the coop once a year. Whether it needs it or not!
The poop boards are cleaned every morning. The floor of my coop gets very little poop in the bedding as the birds go out to the run as soon as they come off the roost and wait there for me to release them.
When winter really bears down, they will spend more time hunkered down in the bedding of the coop.View attachment 2583454
I'll be doing a cleaning next month. It'll get hit with a spray down of Elector PSP when I've emptied it and before I bed it down.
I clean mine every day. But cleaning consists of removing towels that I put down for their poop to land on. I put it directly over the straw. Most lands on towels and I pick up the rest, throw it on the towels and empty the towels in the compost pile. Wash towels every couple of days, but makes the hole task so much easier.It's not a pleasant part of keeping chickens, but it's one we must all deal with regardless: poop. How often do you clean your coop out? Don't include pens in your answer, just your coop or coops. Do you find it easy or difficult to clean them out? What changes to your coop design or technique would you make to improve the process?
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