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In picture number 1, it shows our access area to the sleeping quarters of the chickens with the red painted double doors and this is located at the back of the chicken coop. We used scrap GI flat sheet materials for the double doors and at the top part, we used wire mesh materials. Chickens make a lot of poop at night while they are roosting and the wire mesh at the top part of the doors serves as additional ventilation for the area. In this way, the chickens need not have to suffer the smell of their own poop while they are cooped for the night.
In picture number 2 with one door open, it shows the roosting bars and 6 inches below this is a welded wire floor made from scrap shelving materials. We had these wire shelves for a long time and we flattened these out and welded them together to make a welded screen floor. Under this welded wire floor is a green box which is about 8 inches high that is made out of scrap GI sheet materials. We joined the small pieces of scrap materials with a rivet to hold them together until we made a big box and then painted it green. Inside this green box is river sand, about 4 inches high. The chicken poop falls through this welded wire floor easily because the holes are big enough, about 1-2 inches wide in diameter and they need not step on their own poop when they get down from the roosting bars.
Picture number 3. Chickens are said to fight over the highest place in the roost so we laid the two wooden roosting bars all on the same level. This access door actually serves with a dual purpose. One is for cleaning the chicken poop and second is for gathering the eggs. As you can see in the picture, it is easy to just reach inside the nest box to gather the eggs without having to go inside the chicken coop.
In picture 4 and 5, it shows the detachable roosting bars. We first remove the wooden roost bars and then lift up the welded wire floor and hook it up with a cable on the ceiling to hold it up. Then we use a screen ladle to scoop up the chicken poop that are on top of the river sand which is inside the green box. The chicken poop is then put inside a covered plastic container and then this is brought to the big garden which is at some distance to our house for the compost. Cleaning the coop is easy and there is no smell in the chicken coop.
