Dirt floor vs. raised wooden floor coop construction

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This is a pretty good thread of different people's ideas and experiences of using raised wooden floors and dirt floors in their coops. There's a few tangents taken regarding concrete floors, but the jest of the thread is wood versus dirt floors. I'm just bumping it up in case other folks may wish to update or post anew their experiences. I'm in the serious planning stages for a coop and comparing raised wood floors and dirt floors.

Anybody got some more comments? Experiences? Wood? Dirt? :)

Thanks!
Ed
 
One thing I have observed is that all bedding gets too wet if it is not covered sufficiently like in a run; and no matter what ducks make the bedding wet. ANd require constant mucking out in the cold season especially. Hence I prefer to keep the ducks on a lawn area during the day and then coop up at night for safety. Bedding stays drier longer.

You will figure out which situation will work for you.good luck
 
The black jack stuff sounds like the perfect answer to my problem. An old shed on that my family has used for a coop before has a floor that is rotting and needs replacing. I have been trying to rack my brain to figure out how to protect the new floor.
 
Keeping the floor dry prevents rot. Also using PT has worked in two horse stalls after MANY years of use. Stalls actually dry out and need mucking occassionally as thees are just a run in shed most of the time.
 
blucoondawg said:
I built my coop on a raised wood framed floor I soaked the wood down with linseed oil as a preservative. If I had it to do over again I think I would go with dirt floor simply because I feel it is far better to use with the DL method. In my wood floor coop the litter never really composts and in winter it is problematic being that the floor is raised the cold air gets under it and freezes it solid, it is impossible to clean out under the roosts until it thaws in spring. With dirt floor the bedding would insulate the ground preventing the frost from setting in and allowing beneficial insects easy access to keep the dl composting which would also produce some heat. I would pour a concrete footing around the perimeter to help keep predators out and set the walls on that footing and leave the rest of the floor dirt and composted bedding
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How long did the wood floor last with the linseed oil? I want to keep my wood floor as natural as possible since I will be using the compost in my vegetable garden. vinyl is definitely not natural and is horrible for the environment and I can not find linoluem anywhere. So I am forced to stick with wood but want to preserve it so I can use the DL method. I already coated my floor once with linseed and was planning on doing it again.
 

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