Flooring for duck coop

[DukesDucks]

I'm new to this this duck world but received some Muscovy ducks as a gift. They have a brand new 10 x 10 wood coop with a 10 x 20 enclosed run, although they are free range most of the day. My question is how to protect the wood floor from all that moisture they create.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Keep their food and water out of the coop. Make a covered feed area in your run to keep the weather out of their feed. I have Muscovy plus other breeds they can make a big mess. When we built our coop we laid sheet vinyl on all the floors to protect from
Moisture. But I found out real quick not to put water and food inside.

 

[KaleIAm]

We put linoleum down on top of the wood and about 2 feet up the walls. It's great - a couple times a year I actually scrub and hose off the entire thing.

Definitely keep the food and water outside, too! They'll splash everywhere!

 

[Jpat]

We put linoleum down on top of the wood and about 2 feet up the walls. It's great - a couple times a year I actually scrub and hose off the entire thing.

Definitely keep the food and water outside, too! They'll splash everywhere!

its crazy how a ducks butt is 4 inches off the ground but the poo gets 15 inches off the ground

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have vinyl on the walls in one of my coops and the feed bags that have plastic coating in the other, they make great wall paper.

 

[DukesDucks]

The linoleum on the floor has worked well. The ducks seem to enjoy ripping it off the walls where I had installed it about 10 " up. I going to redo walls with feed bags. Too difficult for them to rip and will look lovely.

 

[KaleIAm]

They ripped linoleum off the walls?! Lol! Bad ducks!

 

[CelesteW]

I have linoleum on my floors also. Do you put any bedding down? I have a Rubbermaid that I put pine dust in. I have been wondering if I need to put anything down in the rest of the building?