coop cleaning

  1. Modern Chicken

    Wood pellets for the coop?

    Has anyone tried using softwood pellets as bedding in the coop?
  2. Coop Cleaning

    Coop Cleaning

  3. UrbanHenKW123

    Sanitation!!

    So I'll start off by saying I'm a bit of a germaphobe. My girls are almost ready to lay. I clean out their coop once a week and give it some clean pine chips in there. I also sanitize their drinker and feeder with a vinegar solution. the run is sand based so I scoop that out once a week too. Is...
  4. Peke's Poultry

    Any good deep bedding coop clean out ideas?

    I’m looking for easy coop clean out ideas. I’m tired of dusty shovelling and it takes forever to get it all out. I have visions of that machine cities use to clean out their sidewalks with a giant hose. I want to suck it all out straight to the compost heap. Is this even possible?
  5. SniperGoose

    Getting rid of scaly leg mites in the coop

    Today I discovered one of my Black Sex-Link hens has scaly leg mites. It's only her, and no one else seems to have them, but I'll be treating them all just in case. It's fairly recent, as her legs don't look that bad at all compared to some I've seen on here, but I wanna get this treated ASAP! I...
  6. Miriah132

    Disinfecting after disease.

    what is everyone’s perfected method of disinfecting after a diseas outbreak? Specifically with an unknown resoiratory disease. We have no birds left from the flock and want to start a new flock. We are just going to bring in a few birds to a temporary coop and see how they do.
  7. thecreekhouse

    Cheapest Place To Buy Sweet PDZ?

    Can anyone reccomend the cheapest place to buy sweet PDZ for the coop? Thanks!
  8. sassfras

    Mold/mildew everywhere!

    It has been a very hot, humid summer in New England this year. My husband built our ladies a beautiful coop this summer and before I could treat the wood, it has started to mold/mildew. Powdery, grey awfulness everywhere, inside and out (it’s all new lumber). It has windows, and since I have yet...
  9. cyndalrash

    SANDY BOTTOM

    I WANT TO GET PEOPLES OPINION ON A SANDY BOTTOM, DIRT BOTTOM, GRAVEL BOTTOM OF THE CHICKEN COOP? WHAT DO YOU FIND BENEFICIAL AND DOES YOURS WORK FOR YOU? AND IF YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT THE BEST AND WHY YOU THINK IT IS..THANKS IN ADVANCE!
  10. G

    Is this old coop safe to use?

    I bought an old coop that is in good sturdy condition but was full of old poop. It also had mouse poop everywhere, or some kind of rodent. I scraped everything out, but I'm still not sure that's good enough. Do I need to disinfect the coop? If so, how? I have new young chicks to put in and I'm...
  11. N

    Bit by something cleaning the coop! HELP!

    hello! I was cleaning the coop yesterday and as I was walking up my yard after being in the coop I felt something behind my ear, so I quick swatted it. I looked at my hand and it was filled with blood. I was bleeding. I quickly looked in my mirror and there was a small hole in my skin that was...
  12. CanadaEh

    Blocking space above low roosts and ventilation?

    I would like to make the best use of the interior coop space of (only) 8x8 shed coop, and I like the design shown in this https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/reasoning-behind-stair-stepping-the-roost.1065008/#post-16217710 thread - with whole wall of brooder boxes under whole wall of same...
  13. J

    New to the chicken, looking for a guide

    I am doing research, gathering information and planning for when I get some chickens. I would like to find a step by step guide on what to do in this journey of backyard chickens.
  14. TheAmundsons

    Tips for cleaning the coop?

    Hi! We got our chicks (and two ducklings!) about 2.5 weeks ago, and so far everything is going really well! We had them in a kiddie pool in the heated garage (still had a heat lamp to make sure it was comfortable for them), but we just finished building our coop and moved them in on Friday! They...
  15. K

    Newbie Momma Chick

    Got my first set of chicks 2weeks ago and I love them so much!! I've got 15 little angels I have 3 black sex links, 3 production red, 1 ameraucana, 1 silkie, 2 polish, and 4 other bantams.
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  16. ChickenMama308

    Coop treated with DE - safe for week old baby chick?!

    Hi everyone! It's been a crazy week trying to get rid of mites, lice, and cocci in everyone / everything while caring for a newborn chick who was initially struggling from cocci. I have 3 hens in our large coop and now we have this one baby chick. 3 days ago I removed and discarded all bedding...
  17. eandsm

    Rooster has a fit after cleaning coop

    We have 4 Buff Orpington hens and 1 BO rooster. While Stubs, the rooster, is extremely friendly (with me anyway), he has a fit whenever I clean out the coop. He watches me closely as I'm cleaning it out. Then, when I'm finished, he will go into the coop and lay his chest to the floor, raise up...
  18. traci808

    Poop boards, Easy Peezy (similar to PDZ), Rain and More Flies every 24 hours

    Hello, Backyard Chickens Community! I could use some help troubleshooting my new coop setup. We have a coop with poop boards. I lined the poop boards with Easy Peezy (a horse stall freshener, similar to PDZ just a different brand). It's been raining every single day for over a week. Every...
  19. moco27

    Deep litter done right

    I started deep litter several years ago using the methods that everyone claims to have had success using. It' didn't work for me, it smelled clumped/matted was a ton of work and didn't look like I was doing my chickens a service by using it. I tried straw first and noticed that it made a thick...
  20. rabrabs14

    Common types of bacteria in coops?

    Hi, I'm a high schooler with three rhode island reds and was doing an antibacterial project in school. I am wondering what kinds of bacteria are found in coops besides the typical salmonella and E. Coli. Thank you in advance!
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