Concrete Floor input...

[Neggative]

basically i want to get a bunch of input from yall about putting a concrete chicken coop floor in... and how to keep it clean and especially keeping it smelling fresh...

 

[Neggative]

also i would like to know what your favorite method of keeping it clean is... deep litter... sand... etc...

 

[NanaKat]

Wow! When does your concrete project start?

I have a concrete floor in my 11 x12 foot brooder room in the barn. The 11 X 12 hen house in the barn is deep litter over a dirt floor. These rooms are connected thru a wire wall and a screen door.
I spread wood shavings on the concrete floor and weekly sweep these into the hen house. A flat square point shovel can be used to remove stuck on patches around the water containers.
The hen house deep litter is a composting process and this litter is removed in the spring and used in my garden. Shredded leaves, wood shavings and the sweeping from the brooder room are quickly tossed and turned as the hens scratch thru the debris for cracked corn tossed on top.
Pelleted lime can be used on the concrete floor and in deep litter to help sweeten the smell.

 

[aart]

also i would like to know what your favorite method of keeping it clean is... deep litter... sand... etc...

I don't have concrete, but.....
What kind of bedding you use may depend on how you manage the manure.
This is about cleaning, but covers my big picture

-I use poop boards under roosts with thin(<1/2") layer of sand/PDZ mix, sifted daily(takes 5-10mins) into bucket going to friends compost.

-Scrape big or wet poops off roost and ramps as needed.

-Pine shavings on coop floor, add some occasionally, totally changed out once or twice a year, old shavings added to run.

- My runs have semi-deep litter(cold composting), never clean anything out, just add smaller dry materials on occasion, add larger wood chippings as needed.
Aged ramial wood chippings are best IMO.

-Nests are bedded with straw, add some occasionally, change out if needed(broken egg).

There is no odor, unless a fresh cecal has been dropped and when I open the bucket to add more poop.

That's how I keep it 'clean', have not found any reason to clean 'deeper' in 5 years.

 

[Folly's place]

My coop and covered run are on an old concrete floor, cracked a bit over time, and I've got rubber stall mats on top to make cleanout easier.
There's deep pine shavings, cleaned out completely maybe three times each year, with more shavings added occasionally.
With good ventilation, things are good. If it's damp in there, that's a problem.
Mary