Hardwood floors are used in many homes to provide a durable flooring surface that lasts a lifetime when given proper care.
Cleaning hard dirt floor coop.
Cuts down on odor.
Litter can be added to a compost pile.
You should never use chicken wire for a coop floor.
Coop may be too moist in the cold weather.
This is to add more material to the coop floor so the waste can compost inside the coop.
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The person we purchased our hens from used bleach but i don t want to do that either.
On top of that goes bedding to pick out the right bedding you have to understand what it does so.
Sweep the floor to remove as much dry material as possible.
I use construction grade sand.
Liquids drain into sand.
An inspiringly clean chicken coop a blog by sunset jim mccausland one of sunset s main contributors to our sister blog fresh dirt recently posted.
Chicken coop bedding hencam the floor of your chicken coop might be dirt wood or concrete.
If you use this method then you ll need to let all of the waste you ve scooped from the roosting bars and nesting boxes remain on the floor of the coop.
Provides insulation on the floor of coop.
With a small coop a wet dry shop vacuum does a good job of removing this material.
Wow we have a dirt floor in our coop.
Scrape manure and accumulated dust and dirt from perches and roosts.
May be hard to clean in practice see the section on cleaning below coop may be too drafty and cold in the winter.
Chicken wire is a very weak material.
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Then i ll come back a few times a year and scoop it all out as great compost for my garden.
If your chickens will be spending a lot of time in the coop you will likely need to have a floor in the coop or you will need to use bedding.
I m not sure how to disinfect.
We have 25 layers and get almost 2 dozen eggs a day.
Beach or sandbox sand stays wet and compacts and freezes.
Remove all litter from the floor.
If on the other hand you have free range chickens who only use the coop at night you might be able to get away with a bare floor.
You will have such a hard time keeping the floor clean otherwise.
Cat litter scoop cleans out solids in coop rake in run.
If a mess was made in your home or you simply have not mopped for a long time you need to remove the ground in dirt that is leaving your hardwood floor looking neglected.
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What type of wire should you use for a wire chicken coop floor.
Have had it for 3 yrs.