What do you suggest I use?

[rstampa]

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Thanks an idea. That was kinda my idea with using the pond liner. But I ruled that out. However my coop will be 5'x8' so it would be a little hard for me to it handle alone.

 

[nwmud]

I painted my floor with Benjiman Moore Porch Paint - very very durable. However My other half decided after i painted it it needed to have vinyl. so we now have a vinyl floor over a well prepared painted floor.

I would use paint or vinyl. A pond liner is a little expensive for doing this.

 

[wildorchid053]

they don't seem to poop on the floor . 99% of our poop is where they roost so we put a deep litter under there too and just scoop it out when it needs it

i have heard that it can hurt their "knees" when they jump down so the deep litter is a soft landing for them

 

[rstampa]

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The pond liner I have. It was given to my from a friend I have over 60 feet of the stuff. So its all free. I have a pond that was installed 11 years ago and it still good. Never had a leak.

 

[sbarab]

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Thanks an idea. That was kinda my idea with using the pond liner. But I ruled that out. However my coop will be 5'x8' so it would be a little hard for me to it handle alone.

Actually, my coop is 12' x 8'. I was trying to say that the flooring is made of 2" x 6" boards.

 

[rstampa]

Oh! Ok, thanks for clearning that up for me.
Around here the 2"x6" are more then a single sheet of plywood. You really have a heavy duty coop.

 

[wombat]

I put down a cheap vinyl flooring scrap on the floor, glued down and calked around the edges. Then I made a large tray of plywood and 2"x3", painted the frame, and glued vinyl flooring to that, and calked. Added handles for moving it in and out of the coop.

I fill the tray with pine shavings, and when it's time to clean the coop, I just slide the whole tray out and shovel the shavings into a big plastic tub, and take them off to the composter. Anything that makes it through the shavings genarally slides right off the vinyl floor with just a nudge from the shovel. Every few months I hose the tray out and put some bleach in it.

The tray is rather heavy, but the ease of cleaning is worth it.

This works for a small hobby coop ... doubt it would work for people with large coops and a lot of birds, though!

 

[gkeesling]

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How much and how often do you top the shavings off? Also I don't have any linoleum remnants and Home Depot is too expensive. I don't want to put that much money into a chicken coop. If you know what I mean.

I watch to see how much mess is under the roost, or let the smell tell me. I put a bag of pine shavings down after I've cleaned and I keep a bag opened in the coop. When I think it needs it I'll throw more pine shavings over some of the old. About the time that second bag is gone is about time to clean up the coop again.