I'm not sure if other products will work as well. The Black Jack web site also lists, Ace Hardware, Do It Best and True Value. If you have any of those in your area, they may carry it or possibly order it for you.
We do have a small Ace Hardware. I checked with them and they do carry Black Jack - and for the same price as Lowe's. So that is an option. Thanks.
If you can't find Black Jack, I would use one piece of vinyl flooring, not squares. I would tack 1 x 2's around the edge to hold it down. This way if you ever have to replace it, it will be easy.
I have never had much luck with the squares, so if I go with vinyl it will be one piece. Good suggestion about tacking it down with 1 X 2's.
Yes, you want your coop bedding dry. I do deep bedding with pine shavings and some straw. I clean my coop out about once a year, but I also use a poop board that I scoop every day, so I don't get a lot of poop on my floor. They spend a lot of time in the run or in the yard.
There was another guy here on BYC who recommended using a poop board under the perches. I guess it makes sense to keep the deep litter cleaner. From all the YouTube videos I have been watching, I thought you actually wanted the droppings in the litter for the composting effect with the carbon bedding. I have no experience in raising chickens in a coop. The only people I know around here are commercial growers and they don't raise their birds in coops, they have barns, so it's not the same.
I did not mean to hijack the original poster's thread, and I maybe their situation in Arizona is somewhat different than mine in Minnesota, but I hope someone will find all this information helpful. We were looking for similar solutions for deep litter floor ideas but for different geographic settings. Sounds like most of the solutions would apply to both of us. Thanks.