Painting floors vs. linoleum flooring???

[KrisRose]

True. You don't have to paint or put down lino. However, I wanted the interior of my coop painted not for clean up but to seal the wood in case of a mite infestation. I also painted both sides because I wanted to protect the wood from moisture not from the chickens but from Mother Nature. My coop is on treated joists which are directly on the ground and then filled in between with pearock. So any water that might seep under my coop will evaporate on the bottem side of the coop floor. Besides, it did'nt cost anything, had left over oil paint from my barn.
I want to put lino down for ease of clean up. I have it in my house chickens coop and its great. I will still use litter but when it needs to be replaced its easier to sweep out on a tarp and dump in my garden or compost pile.
I don't use the deep litter method in summer, I find that its easier for me to just sweep out and replace the pine shavings as needed. I may try sand this summer.

 

[Ringo71]

Has anyone used rhino guard?

I was thinking about painting the the inside of my coop from the floor to about 4 feet up with it. It's the stuff they use to line truck beds with and it dries as hard as a rock with a no slip surface. I noticed that it comes in many colors now too. Anyone?

I think if I make a slight slope to the center of my coop, or maybe to one corner, about 1/8 in per foot, I can put a drain in the center and pipe the water outside of the coop after spraying it down. I plan on having a raised coop so this seems like it shouldn't be too hard.

Seems to me I could avoid making a mud hole between cleanings and I know it's durable enough to withstand any abuse chickens could possible do to it. I've loaded cinder blocks by throwing them into the bed of my truck for years and the stuff is still as thick as the day I painted it.

edit
http://www.grizzlygrip.com/ is what is the product I was thinking of using. I think I might make a new post and ask about it.

 

[KrisRose]

Dang. That would protect yer coop

. It's a good idea but don't use red. I painted the outside of the coop red and them chickens put some dents in it

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About the drain hole, make sure you can seal it off when not using it. Otherwise you might as will name it "Weasel Highway". I"m sure you already thought of this but just in case.

 

[catfish]

I used old linoleum from a recent replacement from mom's house. dried poop just sweeps right off.