Painting the coop

[FranklinAdams]

My husband would like to paint the outside of our chicken coop with "red-lead" paint which is often used on metal against rust but can be used for wood too. I'm not sure how long we need to wait before there are no poisonous fumes coming off the wood.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Is it actual lead paint? Because chickens peck at everything. If the paint ever starts chipping they will peck and eat it, which I can't imagine would be very good for them or the eggs you're going to eat.

 

[Vickischics]

And chickens are attracked to peck at Red.
No lead should ever be used.
Thats also the reason we can't/shouldn't/wouldnt use Lead base paint in our homes.
It is toxic!

 

[FranklinAdams]

Is it actual lead paint? Because chickens peck at everything. If the paint ever starts chipping they will peck and eat it, which I can't imagine would be very good for them or the eggs you're going to eat.

No - lead is no longer used in any paint to my knowledge but I couldn't find a modern translation for the Dutch word for "ijzer-menie". The coop is on stilts, the chickens couldn't actually get at the outside, and the color of the paint is a brownish, or old red which we use on barn doors and protects the wood. I would find my chickens mentally deranged if they pecked on our barn door. They run free here and the color they're after is GREEN, except for wild seeds and berries like red currents.

 

[FranklinAdams]

And chickens are attracked to peck at Red.
No lead should ever be used.
Thats also the reason we can't/shouldn't/wouldnt use Lead base paint in our homes.
It is toxic!

I think all paint is lead free these days. What I actually want to know is what paints can let off fumes for a long period after the paint is dry but only the outside of the coop will be painted.

 

[neo71665]

Think the term you are searching for is barn red. I remember my grandparents saying lead red as the color old barns were painted. It was often the cheapest color at the store and since barns took a bunch of paint to cover the farmers used it till it became almost the standard.

 

[FranklinAdams]

Think the term you are searching for is barn red. I remember my grandparents saying lead red as the color old barns were painted. It was often the cheapest color at the store and since barns took a bunch of paint to cover the farmers used it till it became almost the standard.

Yes, thanks - absolutely barn red, though the color used now isn't quite as beautiful as the old barn red.

 

[neo71665]

Yes, thanks - absolutely barn red, though the color used now isn't quite as beautiful as the old barn red.

Yeah the actual name I think is oxide red (and yes it had lead in it). The oxide was rust (iron oxide) That's why it was so cheap. The pigments and paint today are all synthetic and cost more.

I have a few pounds of the pigment in our barn but not sure how it would mix with modern paint.

 

[FranklinAdams]

Yeah the actual name I think is oxide red (and yes it had lead in it). The oxide was rust (iron oxide) That's why it was so cheap. The pigments and paint today are all synthetic and cost more.

I have a few pounds of the pigment in our barn but not sure how it would mix with modern paint.

Iron oxide kept running through my head but my dictionaries were no help and I gave up before asking Google. I no longer live in the US but I could have asked my family!

 

[aart]

What I actually want to know is what paints can let off fumes for a long period after the paint is dry but only the outside of the coop will be painted.

Once it's fully cured it should no longer be gassing off...
....and if it's only on the outside of the coop I wouldn't worry about it.