How to Build a DROPPING BOARD
It’s an irrefutable fact: Chickens poop, and they poop a lot.
In the coop, their favorite place to poop is off the edge of the roost when they’re sleeping at night. This means that, every night, droppings build up right under the roost in a specific and concentrated line. Ultimately, this becomes the dirtiest place in the coop, and accounts for most of the waste that fouls coop bedding.
Whether you’re pursuing low-maintenance chicken management and using the deep litter method, or you just want to make coop clean-outs easier and less frequent, a dropping board may be your next secret weapon against chicken poop.
So let’s talk about poop and take a look at what exactly a dropping board is, its benefits, and how to construct a simple one for your own chicken coop.
