poop shelves under perches

i have a thick layer of easibed, shavings under the perch, about 3 inches thick, all over the floor of the coop, to help insulate it in the cold, i usually just poop scoop in the mornings, this may be easier for me at the moment, as with my losses i only have 4 at the moment.

a couple of large seed trays would be a good idea, you could take them out, scrape and wash, disinfect and replace, with minimum of effort, would maybe help if they did not have drainage holes. maybe a couple of sheets of newspaper in.

if you were able to grow plants on the staging i dont see why it would not be strong enough, if you were worried about it swaying, get a couple of L shaped brackets from a diy store, one onto the staging legs one onto the coop walls, short screws so they did not go through the coop walls

I think that if you start adding 'extras' to the coup, its just more things that have to be washed and dried, and more places for the dreaded mite?

I've played around with paper and trays under the perch, and have concluded that its easier to have a good deep layer of wood shavings and poo pick with the marigolds on daily.  Couple of big handfulls and the job's done.  Though my coup is very easy for me to access, and I've only 8 chucks.  So I suppose it depends on your set up.

It's much easier for me, I've just the one big coup, which is built at exactly the right height for me to reach into, and has huge doors opening up the whole front, so poo picking the coup floor is just like picking stuff off the kitchen table, I barely even need to bend over! 

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