how do you poo pick in your garden?

[mothersmilkandherchickenseggs]

we let our hens out a few times a day they have a run aswell but i was just wondering the best way to remove there poo from our lawn?

You can get a little poo-picker trowel and put it in compost/on your roses - that's the solid ones. But the 'chicken korma' monstrosities will have to be hosed into the lawn. But your lawn - having them pick out the moss and fertilise it - will be fab!

i use an old fire shovel and a stick.
put the shovel by the poo, flick it on to the shovel with the stick.

straight onto compost heap.

ah, now, with the coecal ones (the chicken korma ones! ), i sprinkle a bit of soil on them and then scoop as normal.
it does help.

Dustpan and brush, then hose area down with water and spray with Jeyes fluid or sprinkle Stalosan down in the run area. Rinse dustpan and brush last thing so it's fresh for the next day.

Ive just had the family round this weekend to see the hens having had them a few weeks and it was really embarrassing as our garden is now covered in poo! I swept the path but people walked on the lawn where I hadn't poo picked and they all got it on their shoes :(

I was starting to think I'll have to keep them in their run all the time but will instead use the tips above :)

I let my dogs out in the garden/run. They clear it up in no time.

I use a dust pan and brush, and water in the curry poos. I am the insane woman who can be seen sweeping her lawn.

What do you use to clean your dustpan and brush?

Erm, I don't. The rain rinses it every now and again, and occassionally it gets dipped in disinfectant when I'm scrubbing out the house

I wait for it to rain, it does a great job of lawn cleaning. And I take my boots off before entering my house.

you don't need to clean your poo pan!
Just prop it up against the wall, and the rain does the rest!

Oh, I feel like such a slattern... I don't clean up the poo

don't you???

it's the only way you can stop the run turning into a disgusting smelly mess!
(believe me, it takes 3 minutes every day and saves you hours of work!)

(disclaimer - i do not apply this same logic to housework - that can wait! )

I just hose my dustpan and brush down with water. We have the hose permanently attached in the back garden, so I just use it to hose everything down each evening.

I just poo-picked

We power-hosed the patio at the weekend and discovered it is red, not brown so I though poo-picking might help it stay that way. Plus it s embarrassing when people come over and the garden smell gross. Why is chicken poo so smelly?

because it's poo .
i don't notice the smell because I don't let it stay there!