Paint and Roost Question

[tsmith1499]

We are getting ready to put our chickens in their new coop and I have 2 questions.

1) When I was painting the walls I did not use a drop cloth. Stupid me. I have linoleum on the floor and was wondering if anyone had any adverse reactions with their chickens from not getting 100% of the paint off the floor. We will be using the deep litter method so I don't feel some paint on the floor should be an issue. Opinions or personal experience??????

2) I am going to build the roosts tomorrow and have seen many opinions for roosts. Since we have Bantams (so far) should I use 2x4's laying flat or 2x3's laying flat. Right now we have 5 Silkies and 2 Cochins. Just want to make sure they will be able to grab the boards should they so choose. Right now in their small cage/coop I have a 4x4 laying on the floor and they are using that but wanted some opinions. I have read that some Silkies won't use the roosts but I want them to have the option. Thanks to everyone on this board whom without your posts, we would have been more lost than we were.

Tom & Beth Smith

 

[Woodcox Acre]

I don't think for a min. there will be any problem from the dab of paint that you couldn't get up. And I also think your chickens will adapt to what ever kind of roost youchoose to put up. We use 2 by 2's but others prefer 2 by fours laying flat. It all seems to come out in the wash (so to speak)

 

[reksat]

For the roost in our coop we used a 2x4 then cut angles on both sides and put it up and the girls seem to love it and it still covers their feet to keep them warm.

 

[chfite]

When modern paints are dry, they are pretty much inert. I doubt that there is any danger for your chickens.

My coop is painted. They don't eat the paint off of the coop; so I doubt they would eat it off the floor.

Chris