What goes inside a small coop?

[Gabtods]

W’re obviously still building our coop and run, but I’m still a little confused as to what needs to go on the floor of a small coop that would make cleaning the poop possible?
in the brooder we have pint shaving, but I just dump those every few days and refill since it’s such a small space, but that doesn’t seem practical for a coop.... so how are people keeping small backyard coops clean??
Here’s a picture of our (work in progress)coop .Also food and water will be in the run, not in the coop if that makes a difference.

 

[cavemanrich]

Many peeps still use pine shavings, but it does not need to be cleaned out as often as you may be thinking. Get the large bundles of shaving, and the cost is reasonable. I use hay in my coop currently. My chickens only sleep in coop, and lay eggs. Rest of their time is spent outside,,,, so most of their droppings are also outside. In my run I use bagged grass clippings, to keep things nice and clean, and dry. (no mud as result)
The cleaning is only needed about twice per year. I have small flock of pets. I do add fresh hay every so often.
If using pine shavings, the layer needs to be sufficiently thick so the chicken gumdrops do get hidden in the layer of shavings. (3 inches is about right) The droppings do dry out and do not produce very much odor when dry.
Some peeps choose to go the sand route, and use a kitty litter scoop to remove the droppings. There are individuals that do not favor sand for their personal reasons and other concerns, they may have read about. You can opt for a layer of Sweet PDZ instead, but that is somewhat more expensive compared to sand. Peeps using sand, and those opposed to sand are divided like the Hatfield's, and McCoy's.
Another option is wood pellets that is used inside horse stalls. I have a couple bags of these, that I intend to use instead of kitty litter for my cats. In the trial stage at this point until I run out of my stock of Kitty litter. (clay type)
Food and water is best in run also. I do remove feed for the night-time, to keep night-time visitors from eating feed.
Nice coop you are building. ,,,, How many chickens are you going to keep???
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

 

[Gabtods]

Many peeps still use pine shavings, but it does not need to be cleaned out as often as you may be thinking. Get the large bundles of shaving, and the cost is reasonable. I use hay in my coop currently. My chickens only sleep in coop, and lay eggs. Rest of their time is spent outside,,,, so most of their droppings are also outside. In my run I use bagged grass clippings, to keep things nice and clean, and dry. (no mud as result)
The cleaning is only needed about twice per year. I have small flock of pets. I do add fresh hay every so often.
If using pine shavings, the layer needs to be sufficiently thick so the chicken gumdrops do get hidden in the layer of shavings. (3 inches is about right) The droppings do dry out and do not produce very much odor when dry.
Some peeps choose to go the sand route, and use a kitty litter scoop to remove the droppings. There are individuals that do not favor sand for their personal reasons and other concerns, they may have read about. You can opt for a layer of Sweet PDZ instead, but that is somewhat more expensive compared to sand. Peeps using sand, and those opposed to sand are divided like the Hatfield's, and McCoy's.
Another option is wood pellets that is used inside horse stalls. I have a couple bags of these, that I intend to use instead of kitty litter for my cats. In the trial stage at this point until I run out of my stock of Kitty litter. (clay type)
Food and water is best in run also. I do remove feed for the night-time, to keep night-time visitors from eating feed.
Nice coop you are building. ,,,, How many chickens are you going to keep???
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and

@cavemanrich - Thank you!! Super helpful! Chickens care seems so simple sometimes and complicated other times... hopefully once we get the hang of it, all will be well .
We were planning on 3 but now have 5 chicks (orpington, comet, jersey giant, and 2 barred rock) . We can’t keep Roos so we may end up with less if any are Roos. If we end up with 5 I don’t think we’ll have space in the coop for food and water but if needed we can always expand the coop They’re only 2 weeks, but SOOOO CUTE! We’re adding a large run, but have an even bigger space where they can free range whenever we’re home. We have 3 kids 6,4&4 and they’re super excited, can’t wait for the first eggs.

 

[cavemanrich]

I can understand your excitement...
As I stated above, I think feed is best in the run area. Try to make a portion of run, covered with shade tarp to keep out rain. This way feed stays dry. I do understand that when weather gets wicked, and stormy, and cold, you will opt for feed inside.
When weather is clear,,, the best is outdoors.