- Apr 18, 2016
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Hi it's me again, DJoe...back with some important questions. We decided to refurbish our old coop. It has been left unused and was never cleaned out 25 years ago after the heart break of a predator attack that left all our chickens dead. That old coop has been totally ignored as it was quite a ways from the house and not visible from the house. We've moved it close to the house and are doing a thorough cleaning and repair of the building. It is a large building about 16×20 and will make a roomy home for the few chickens we plan to start with. I've ordered 16 chicks. The brooder is ready for them in another building. My questions: 1) what can be safely used to disinfect the bare wood inside the coop after carefully cleaning all surfaces as much as possible. 2). I've read on this site about people willing to give free pine shavings for litter. Where do I find such generous people? We live in the Pacific North West and it seems like all wood products come at a premium price. 3) my hubby thinks it's okay just to have the bare wood floor. I personally don't want to have the job of cleaning that bare wood again if at all possible to avoid it. Please advise.
our chickens will be much better protected this time round to be sure. No more free rangers for me which I find sad but living meet to a year round stream where many predator creatures live there is no other way.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ANSWERS!
dJoe
our chickens will be much better protected this time round to be sure. No more free rangers for me which I find sad but living meet to a year round stream where many predator creatures live there is no other way.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ANSWERS!
dJoe