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Crowing
I'll keep doing research until I can decide what would work best for us. We will still use sacrificial plywood as the main part of the floor, but I'd love to have something on top of it so I don't have to replace it often, if ever. When we get it done, I'll post an update!Those heavy mats are made for horses. If you want to go the rubber mat floor option, maybe something like this Rubber Gym Floor Roll would be worth considering for a chicken coop....
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Certainly less heavy than the stall mats.
I don't want to talk you into or out of anything, but I liked your idea of using sacrificial plywood as the floor covering. Probably because you already have it and it's no cost to you. I like to minimize the costs of my coop build/repairs. I imagine that a rubber mat would probably last a lifetime in a coop. There certainly is value in that.
For now, we made some more progress (got those triangle areas covered, and put some sides on the window to make it look better and more intruder-proof. We also started working on our posts for the run):