I clean out my chicken pen with a pitch fork, easy! When I go to try that in the goat stall, the little goat pellets just fall through the straw, unless there's a neat little pile that I can pick up along with the straw. Obviously my pitch fork is no good for cleaning the goat stall, so what do you guys use to pick up/clean up the goat poop? Our barn floor is dirt and bedding is straw, btw.
What to use for cleaning the goat pen?
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I actually pickup the straw with my apple picker. Then sweep up the berry with my broom. I use them for fertilizer. I use the broom and dustpan to pick up berries in the outside pen too.
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This is a nice thread on the subject- http://www.thegoatspot.net/forum/f217/what-have-you-found-best-thing-scoop-up-goat-manure-148906/
I found this reply to be extremely helpful- :lol:
I found this reply to be extremely helpful- :lol:
I didn't think about getting them into a pile somehow, then scooping them up. I'll try either a broom or a leaf rake. My problem is, before we got,these goats, we added new dirt in the stall, so there's a lot of loose dirt, it's not a packed down dirt floor. Makes it more challenging to gather up the goat poop. I'll just end up getting some of the dirt, I'm sure.
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http://www.amazon.com/Ames-True-Temper-42-Inch-KLRO/dp/B000OW969A
Ames True Temper Real Tools for Kids Rake. Works like a charm. Has the right spacing to get the berries and leave most of the dirt. You will also learn how to rake the berries and leave the dirt.
Ames True Temper Real Tools for Kids Rake. Works like a charm. Has the right spacing to get the berries and leave most of the dirt. You will also learn how to rake the berries and leave the dirt.
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Oh yes! A rake for diet floors. I have wood floors and as I am disabled all my stuff(including my goats) are mini. I got a rake at our local department store that has about a foot wide head and close spaced tines. I love it!
Yesterday I tried the leaf rake, did not work well at all with all the loose dirt on the floor. I ended up using a broom and dustpan, which worked better, but takes a lot of time. I need to go check out this kids rake. This looks like it will work the best, ESP if I can sift the dirt out through the tines and dump mostly goat poop.
Told my hubby I was posting this trying to figure the best way to clean the little goat berries and he said tie a bucket to their rear ends....LOL.
Told my hubby I was posting this trying to figure the best way to clean the little goat berries and he said tie a bucket to their rear ends....LOL.
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LOL! Being limited physically ,I'm always trying to come up with easy ways of doing everything. My four ND kids don't make much of a mess but that bucket idea may be a winner! LOL! Brings a funny visual anyway.
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I used a manure fork to get the packed hay/straw and then rake the floor with a bamboo leaf rake and a shovel.
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If you have a seperate spot for your goats for a while, this may work. When we made our new pen last year, it was really dusty from bringing in new dirt. I sprayed it down really good with water for a few days in a row. It was packed nicely then and easier to clean.
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We have one small stall and we use hay for bedding on a dirt floor. I use a child's rake paired with a child's snow shovel. Works GREAT!
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I switched from hay to line shavings and use a metal rake. Soooo much easier!
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