I bet the layer of paint is really helpful. Even though I had plastic bins on the floor under roosts before I switched to poop boards, I was very unhappy with how the random poops stuck so hard to my wood flooring. It was flooring that I'd salvaged, wide plank heart pine. I was just new/naive...
That sounds like a good idea. After seeing what years of poo does to wood no matter how often you scrape it, I covered my wood poo boards with
thin plastic.
After many, many years of improving my coop I have 3 coops that I've decided are the most functional for 12 chickens AND attractive. This coop is one of them. I've copied almost every aspect of Dobie's coop. I have L shape roosting with poop boards, brooder in coop... To do this now will save...