There are several ways to handle the drudgery of cleaning the coop and controlling odor. Some chicken coops are built with a chicken-wire or wire-mesh floor that allows debris to fall and collect underneath. I am not a fan of this design as it is a poor surface for hens to walk on and can make it difficult to control drafts within the coop. Another option is to lay straw on the floor of the coop and simply remove and replace it as needed. This method is fine, but as the straw gets wet it will produce an odor and add moisture inside the coop. Depending on the size of your flock, this may require daily straw replacement to maintain a clean, odor-free environment.
My preferred method is sometimes called the deep bed method. With this method, the coop is filled with 4 to 6 inches of pine shavings. By raking the top spoiled material to the bottom of the pile and allowing fresh chips to come to the top, a virtually odor-free environment can be maintained. Over time the level of the mix will compress and new chips can be added to bring the level back up. To speed up moisture absorption, some will mix a small amount of food-grade DE (diatomaceous earth) on the surface. Once or twice a year, the mix can be removed and added to the garden or compost pile. Aside from raking the poop into the mix every day, this method requires very little effort. And I have found that there is practically no smell; visitors are always surprised when I show them the chicken coop and there is no detectable odor.
Another strategy to implement to make the cleaning process more efficient is to provide a removable drip tray directly under the perch inside the coop. Since chickens prefer to spend a lot of time on the perch when inside the coop, most of the waste can be intercepted before it hits the ground. By making this tray easily accessible, it can be removed more or less every day and the contents poured into the compost pile. This strategy is by no means necessary as some prefer to keep it simple and use only the deep bed method with great success.