Official BYC Poll: What type of COOP bedding do you like best?

[MysteryChicken]

I meant video link, but that's okay.

 

[ChicKittyHouse]

I have a question for those of you that have installed inexpensive linoleum on your coop flooring.
The wood floor of our coop sits several inches off the ground, but when I suggested that we put some on the floor, my husband warned that if the wood gets wet, the sticky tiles will fail.
Has anyone run across this problem? We get roughly 50 inches of rain a year here in northwest Tennessee.

I used the large rolled vinyl flooring so there is nothing to stick down. I coated my plywood with waterseal first then layed the vinyl with a little hanging off each side. I made the front of my coop about 3 inches higher than the back and put a opening at the back covered with hardware cloth so I can just hose the coop out when needed.

 

[Kiki]

Anyone else have a picture of their bedding choice in use?

 

[aart]

Anyone else have a picture of their bedding choice in use?

 

[casportpony]

Anyone else have a picture of their bedding choice in use?

 

[Birdie mom]

Cute coop set up!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Anyone else have a picture of their bedding choice in use?

Coarse chips on one side, fine chips on the other for easier poop cleanup.

 

[Justso]

600 thread count percale, baby! Who loves their chickens more than me?

 

[Kiki]

600 thread count percale, baby! Who loves their chickens more than me?
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[oldhen2345]

I hate to sound stupid but I will reiterate here that I am new to this. ... what the heck is PDZ? Is it a pesticide for mites or some type of bedding material. I have racked my brained on what it could be abbreviations for and did a search for it in the forum topics but everyone keeps abbreviating it so I don’t know what it really stands for. Sorry clueless. Thank you!
Dumb Pam Mode

PDZ is a mineral absorbant that keeps ammonia levels down. It is usually used in horse and other large livestock stalls but works great in the henhouse. Chicken poop is high in ammonia. This stuff is a small granular product that helps absorb some of the liquid and keeps the odor of ammonia down. I have a wood floor on a raised coop with linoleum for easy cleaning. I can scoop out all of the old poop and shavings, clean the linoleum, sprinkle PDZ, add fresh shavings, DE and some Spruce the Coop and the girls are set for about a month. If I add a poop board under the roost, I can go longer. I use a poop board during the fall / winter and empty it into the garden to age for the next spring.