how clean?

[SulkyBantam]

Wow it looks great! I'd love to inherit a build like that.

After 5 years empty, I'd think a good sweep and a bit of scraping of anything that'll come loose easily, and you're good to go. I would suggest you finish off the floors with some vinyl/linoleum (as paint/Black Jack may not stick well at this point) to provide protection against moisture and make it easier to clean in the long run.

Wow. That’s is an awesome coop! I’m almost done building mine and I’m totally jealous.

That's an AWESOME coop to inherit!!!! I think that as other have said, it's as clean as you'll get it.

X4. Lucky you!

 

[DouglasB]

It looks very nice, lucky you. Resonably clean it, five years not being used, most if not everythind has degraded. Nothing you can do to be 100% sure, no such thing as perfect.

 

[DobieLover]

Thanks! Here she is. I will definitely check TS for that sanitizer. I'm about an hour north of Binghamton.
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Great coop! Norwich?
Don't use plastic. The birds will tear it up.
The roost bar looks too close to the wall.
I would install a 24" wide poop board about 24-32" above the floor and center the roost over it. I've found that a good height over the board is 13" as it's an easy jump up but just high enough to keep the roosted birds from giving head shots to the birds walking along the board looking for a spot on the roost. Bed down the floor with a thick layer of pine shavings or hemp.
If you don't keep water in the coop and use poop boards, you could get away without doing anything more to the floor.
You will also want to add "kick boards" at the bottom of the wall between the coop at the storage room to keep the chickens from flinging too much bedding into the storage area.
I would also remove the boards between the rafters on both ends of the coop and cover with 1/2" hardware cloth to improve ventilation.
How do the windows open? I would attach 1/2" hardware cloth to secure them and crack them open an inch or two for more ventilation as well.

 

[Sycamore Hill Chicks]

It looks good to me. No parasite can live 5 years.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I have some used heavy duty plastic that someone gave me when they re-did their hoop house. Would that work?

Probably too thin to work. You'd want something that lays flat as possible and is fairly scratch/tear resistant. Stores often have discontinued or remnant pieces of flooring that you can get for a steep discount, so I'd try to source some of that first.

 

[InspiredtoChick]

I would also remove the boards between the rafters on both ends of the coop and cover with 1/2" hardware cloth to improve ventilation.

This is how I interpreted these instructions - popped out two 8x8 squares across from each other up under the eaves. Those front windows do open. I'll definitely put the hardware cloth on the outside of those. Only now I find it feels so cool in there. How do you know when good ventilation has crossed the line into draftiness? I am very close to norwich

 

[DobieLover]

How do you know when good ventilation has crossed the line into draftiness?

On a windy night, go into the coop and see if the feathers are blowing open on the birds.

 

[rosemarythyme]

How do you know when good ventilation has crossed the line into draftiness?

The way I like to check (and thankfully you have a bigger building) is go in on a typical breezy day/night, and hold a lightweight ribbon around the roost area. Some movement is ok, but if the ribbon is fluttering noticeably, that's a draft and you especially don't want that around the roost.