UGLY coop colors

[gritsar]

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DH suggested just about that last night. I can free hand paint fairly decent. He suggested I paint a mural on one wall of the coop. Also last night on ebay I found these wall decorations (I think they are called walllies?) that are vinyl and supposedly easy to apply, very adhesive and easy to keep clean. Lots of chicken and barnyard patterns.

 

[featherbaby]

To soften the wall color, you could take another color paint, preferably something lighter in color, and sponge it over the existing paint. I use a sea sponge so I can get lots of interesting random patterns. When you get through it looks like a professional faux finish and will mute the color a lot. Use gloves unless you want your nails to be the second color for a very long time. HA!

 

[thaiturkey]

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I've found that paints hold up better. The paint I got for the floor is called an extreme adhesion paint. Will hold up well to frequent coop cleanings - scraping the floor with the manure shovel - and any water spills.

I've given up on floors. In future it will be earth floor, no walls, and a straw roof with high roosts. They like it like that and don't seem to appreciate Picasso style.

 

[Orchid]

I love color. I think it will be lovely!

My coop is boring old white inside, but it's tiny (4 x 4) so I wanted to keep it bright. Free range egg yolk would have done just as well at that, I'm sure!

 

[gritsar]

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I've found that paints hold up better. The paint I got for the floor is called an extreme adhesion paint. Will hold up well to frequent coop cleanings - scraping the floor with the manure shovel - and any water spills.

I've given up on floors. In future it will be earth floor, no walls, and a straw roof with high roosts. They like it like that and don't seem to appreciate Picasso style.

Really? I painted the floor of my adult coop with a floor paint three years ago and it still looks good; under all the pine shavings of course.

 

[gritsar]

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DH, who has many years of commercial chicken-keeping experience insists that the coop walls be a color that won't look totally awful with some chicken poop flung on them. With my adult coop that has worked out well (gray walls). With the juvenile coop I'm afraid it's going to look like a long paintball fight.

 

[Dora'smom]

We were lucky with the color of oops paint we found at Home Depot for the original coop---50's turquoise. It is so cool! I've gotten a lot of positive comments on it. The second one, we found what amounts to John Deere green. Oh, well. We only go for the outdoor or porch floor type paint so we know it will last well. I like the idea of the free-range yolk color, though. I think that would be a very cool interior color for the coop.

 

[shanmcd]

I am so new at this chicken business I rarely have the opportunity to jump in with some input...

Don't forget to check your local smaller hardware stores for "staff original colors" ... At our local True Value the gallons were significantly cheaper than Walmart's OOAK shades.

Also, they were willing to add additional tints to try and manipulate the color a little further. The guy was willing to take a color from reddish brown to brownish black. I just had to promise I would buy it regardless of the outcome!

If you are willing to do some legwork and risk-taking you might have a better selection than you originally thought.

 

[gritsar]

Dora'smom :

We were lucky with the color of oops paint we found at Home Depot for the original coop---50's turquoise. It is so cool! I've gotten a lot of positive comments on it. The second one, we found what amounts to John Deere green. Oh, well. We only go for the outdoor or porch floor type paint so we know it will last well. I like the idea of the free-range yolk color, though. I think that would be a very cool interior color for the coop.

I originally wanted John Deere colors for the interior of the coop, the green for the walls with yellow trim. Didn't go there though, because I was afraid it would make the interior more like a cave. May use it for the exterior when I paint it in the spring. Or, it will be barn red with white trim.​

 

[gritsar]

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Good tip!