In this episode I’m showing you my favourite feature that I built into my backyard chicken coop – a litter box! Basically it’s a pull out drawer lined in plastic that pulls out from the bottom of the coop that lets me clean their droppings etc very quickly and easily.
I like it because I can clean it from outside of the coop and load it into the wheelbarrow without having to get into the coop myself. It’s also minimally disturbing to the hens. The whole setup is working extremely well and I’m happy with it.
At the end of the video I also show a nicely balanced food mix that I give to our hens, some of which are a few years old now. It’s simple and easy to make and I store all the ingredients in custom built-ins in the back of the coop as well.
Come check it out!
Please share any questions, comments or tips of your own below the video, and I’ll do my best to respond.
***I recently just added this AUTOMATIC CHICKEN COOP DOOR*** – video coming soon!
***You might have noticed a “TV screen” looking device inside the coop – it’s an infrared heater for the cooler months since we live in Canada. You can check it out here: CHICKEN COOP HEATER
TIMESTAMPS:
01:38 the pull out litter box
02:18 clean out process
04:28 cleaning out the egg box
06:19 moving the waste to garden to be composted
09:18 refilling the wood shavings in the litter box
11:00 final result
11:21 chicken food mix recipe
***I recently just added this AUTOMATIC CHICKEN COOP DOOR*** – video coming soon!
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CHICKEN PRODUCTS:
***I recently just added this AUTOMATIC CHICKEN COOP DOOR***
Organic Chicken Feed / Egg Layer / Scratch Grain
Organic Chicken Feed / Egg Layer / Scratch Grain (another brand)
Baseball Cap: Life is better with chickens around
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GoPro Hero 9 + batteries and memory card
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