Paint inside of coop? Too many different views... What do you think?

[Farmer413]

I'm building chicken coop. I want the floors and walls painted. I would like a vinyl floor. 50% say these are great ideas. 50% say it's a terrible idea.

What's best for the chickens, eggs and me?

Priming with Kilz latex primer and then applying two coats of exterior paint inside on floors and walls is what I want to do.

Is it safe for the birds? Eggs? It'll make cleaning a lot easier for me.

What about the vinyl flooring. A single sheet. Is this a good idea or bad? What if moisture gets between the floor and wood? What if I do wall to wall flooring so there is little chance for condensation under the floor?

I'm new to this.

Prime? Paint? I think yes to these.
I will air it out for a few days prior to putting the chickens in it. They are getting cramped and have a moisture issue in their temporary coop. I'm constantly cleaning it.


Floor? Not sure.

Please tell me what you think, what you have done personally, and how long you have raised chickens.

Thanks

 

[ChickenGrass]

Hi there and .
I have vinyl (Lino) flooring is most of my coops.
I find it easy to clean because the shavings and hay/straw just
Slip out of the coop with little effort.
I would paint the walls with normal white paint because it helps to see
Red mites if you have them.
Goodluck
Fionn.

 

[moetrout]

I have vinyl sheet flooring and painted walls. I just used the glue you are suppose to use for sheet vinyl and glued it to the plywood floor. Walls were painted with regular latex indoor paint to protest the 1/4" plywood I used for the walls inside. The paint was some pink left over from my daughters room. My coop is about 8 years old and still solid. I've had no issues with moisture under the vinyl.

 

[ChickenGrass]

I forgot to say,
I just nail the vinyl onto the floor
Goodluck,
Fionn

 

[ECBW]

Had both and liked paint better.

I used some left over paint and it is fine.

 

[AllynTal]

I used sheet vinyl on the subfloor and then stood the walls up so the walls held the flooring in place -- no glue or nails on the flooring. If you haven't put the walls up yet, consider using treated lumber for the bottom plate. I will do that with my next coop, probably in the spring. Sheet vinyl makes cleaning the coop a lot easier for me. I use sand and the floor is smooth so it's easy to clean it like a giant litter box -- no cracks or crevasses to deal with. I've never had a moisture problem under the flooring, but this is the first time I've had chickens in such a humid environment (deep South, moved to this property a couple of years ago), so time will tell, but I don't anticipate a problem.

Instead of paint, I use whitewash on the interior walls. I don't remember what the benefits are, but I remember when I first read up on it, I knew whitewashing was the thing to do in my situation. I'm sure you can search "whitewash' here in the forum and read up on the different recipes to see if it's something you might want to consider.

Edited to add:
I've had chickens a total of 33 years periodically since 1965.

 

[aart]

I used a single sheet of vinyl flooring...good, heavy duty, foam backed vinyl.
Ran it up the walls too, between 2-8".....no glue, just tacked the top edge where it goes up 8".
See My Coop page.
I love it....... used it to line my poop boards too...has held up well for 3 years now.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I don't use anything. Bare plywood inside the coop. Exterior wood stain outside. I shovel out the shavings with ease. It's so easy you'd think I was shoveling wood shavings. Long ago I used vinyl floor in the coop. Had no benefit whatsoever. If your litter (pine shavings) is deep enough the floor never sees moisture. The birds don't crap on the walls and don't care if it's painted. Open wood regulates humidity in beehives so can't hurt in coops.

 

[Laura518]

I painted the inside of my coop light blue, an elderly, retired, painter told me wasp don't like the color blue. That's why you always used to see porch ceilings painted blue. Anyway, the wasp don't come onto my coop now, which is awesome, I was having an awful time with them before I painted it. For the floor I used heavy duty pond liner, had some left over from a previous project, it's working out great.

 

[AllynTal]

I painted the inside of my coop light blue, an elderly, retired, painter told me wasp don't like the color blue. That's why you always used to see porch ceilings painted blue. Anyway, the wasp don't come onto my coop now, which is awesome, I was having an awful time with them before I painted it....

I was told the blue ceiling was to keep spiders from taking up residence. It works for wasps? I'm gonna get some blue paint.