What color is the inside of your coop?

[Chicken mob]

I’m painting a new coop, i’m thinking of going a light gray on the inside. But i want to know what color the inside of your coop is and if you would change it?

Mine is light tan. I have a mess on the back wall behind the roost from the girls pooping! I would suggest any color you choose, but hang a tard on the wall behind the roost that can be easily removed and washed off! Have 2 of them so you can change them out. Hope this helps!

 

[Martha444]

Raw wood and white. I think the lighter the better so its brighter in there in general for their health, and so you can see the color of their poops and see when or where someone has become bloodied. I plan on starting to do old fashioned whitewash this year too.

 

[Sandy Gramma]

I’m painting a new coop, i’m thinking of going a light gray on the inside. But i want to know what color the inside of your coop is and if you would change it?

I'm on my third coop, and my husband has built them all. I prefer white porch paint on the inside floor of my coops. Poop doesn't stick to it very much (I also use pine chips on the floor, which I change monthly, and a corrugated plastic "poop catcher" under the roosts) and I can scrub it down annually in the summer.

 

[j_palmer]

The interior of my coop is white. I read somewhere to paint with deck paint for ease of cleaning and that's what I used. I also caulked the cracks to counter bug-a-boos having a place to hide. The exterior is medium gray with white trim. The white interior does have poo scattered Jackson Pollock style here and there... but I'll give it a good hose down when it warms up. I don't regret the white but think gray would look great too!

 

[MJWarner]

Mine is dusty white.
More accurately, white with a heavy coating of coop dust.

 

[The Meadow]

I paint ours white. About every two years. I find it easier to clean if the wood is painted. The roosts are just unpainted 2 by 4's. I toss out the completely dirty ones after a few years and start fresh again.

 

[Judy Todd]

I’m painting a new coop, i’m thinking of going a light gray on the inside. But i want to know what color the inside of your coop is and if you would change it?

I painted white, to lighten it, but to be honest, I had leftover pain also. But, like the light color.

 

[Katiedidnt58]

I painted mine with white gloss aqua enamel. Easy to clean an comes up like new. Definitely wud do the same again

 

[msmidwick]

Will the smell of paint bother the chickens? They do peck at the roosts now and then. Is it ok to eat the paint flakes? Sorry to be a party poop!!! haha

 

[HollowOfWisps]

The interior of my coop is white. I read somewhere to paint with deck paint for ease of cleaning and that's what I used. I also caulked the cracks to counter bug-a-boos having a place to hide. The exterior is medium gray with white trim. The white interior does have poo scattered Jackson Pollock style here and there... but I'll give it a good hose down when it warms up. I don't regret the white but think gray would look great too! View attachment 3387084

I second the porch paint! It makes it super easy to clean and withstands a power washer quite nicely if a really deep clean is needed.