Treated plywood okay for floor if painted inside?

We have the location for the coop picked out.
Between our house and the raised beds we built a couple of years ago on the site of our old pool.
There's already an electrical outlet there.
Our back yard was dug out to accommodate the basement, so it is very rocky with little topsoil.
Figuring that should help with preventing digging (along with the hardware cloth apron we're planning on doing) .
We marked out the coop and the run, and we dug in concrete block for support at the eight corners.
I had to use our digging iron a couple of times there was so much rock in the way.
I think it is the ideal spot, right next to our raised beds, and not far from the back door.
I started taking photos, so I'll get that together at some point (a 'new coop construction thread' is the done thing?).
 
It is generally practiced in my neck of the woods to build one season and paint the following to let the wood cure. I build for a living and this is the practice we use. If we build a deck in the summer we will return and paint or stain it in the next spring. Some will say 3-6 months, but we have done this and had nothing but headaches. you will get alot of bubbling and slipping of the paint. With todays treated lumber you should be fine and not have to paint it to make it safe for the birds like you did with the old poison treated stuff. Good luck.
 
The new cooper treated lumber will put off an odor or fumes for awhile until it dries completely. I had the bright idea of using it for a box blind for deer hunting. All I got was a headache and burning eyes. The coop addition I'm working on now will have a PT foundation and joist system. The rest will be Hem-Fir and pine with cedar siding. You can smell the treatment when you walk down the aile at Lowes, or Home depot.
 

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