What kinda wood to use building your coop

[D100putz88]

Hey yall. I’m building a coop and should I use pressure treated or non pressure treated wood for the floor of the coop?
Thank you
Derek

 

[Ridgerunner]

Will your coop floor touch the ground? Any wood that touches the ground should be pressure treated or one of those expensive woods that resists rot and insects.

What will the bedding be like? If the bedding will hold any moisture the wood should be treated or use one of those expensive types. Some people put a layer of linoleum on top of the wood to protect it. Some people paint it with Black Jack or something like that to protect the wood. What your coop looks like has an effect on this.

My coop is on the ground and my coop floor is dirt so I don't have this problem. But many people build coops with wooden floors.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Hey yall. I’m building a coop and should I use pressure treated or non pressure treated wood for the floor of the coop?
Thank you
Derek

I have a wood floor and put 4 coats of floor krete on it. It's about $30 a gallon. The underneath of my coop doesn't touch the ground but I still coated it with polyurethane. I just used regular lumber.

 

[D100putz88]

Will your coop floor touch the ground? Any wood that touches the ground should be pressure treated or one of those expensive woods that resists rot and insects.

What will the bedding be like? If the bedding will hold any moisture the wood should be treated or use one of those expensive types. Some people put a layer of linoleum on top of the wood to protect it. Some people paint it with Black Jack or something like that to protect the wood. What your coop looks like has an effect on this.

My coop is on the ground and my coop floor is dirt so I don't have this problem. But many people build coops with wooden floors.

Thanks for the reply, my coop is 2 feet off the ground, I have joists in place ready for flooring. Il be using fine pine chips for bedding. I just didn’t know if the birds were to peck at the floor would it make them sick.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have no floor but there is 6 inch ribbon of concrete then the walls

 

[Ridgerunner]

Thanks for the reply, my coop is 2 feet off the ground, I have joists in place ready for flooring. Il be using fine pine chips for bedding. I just didn’t know if the birds were to peck at the floor would it make them sick.

No, it's won't make them sick. Lot's of people use treated wood without a problem. There are not going to eat it and the chemicals used these days are different from the ones that used to be used because of these issues.

If you use treated wood you cannot consider them certified organic. The rules don't allow treated wood. There are a few exceptions, but they don't really allow much that is not in its natural state.

 

[21hens-incharge]

With the coop 2' off the ground you can use regular wood. Just keep the bedding dry.

 

[neo71665]

I use treated wood on everything. Humid and wet climate around here and un treated last maybe 5 years tops.

 

[D100putz88]

With the coop 2' off the ground you can use regular wood. Just keep the bedding dry.

This is the joists and the band that some of it is white wood. Non pressure treated. I plan to seal it up though.

 

[3KillerBs]

I use treated wood on everything. Humid and wet climate around here and un treated last maybe 5 years tops.

An important point. Climate matters a lot.

Here in the Steamy Southeast of the USA the climate EATS WOOD -- even treated wood isn't reliable unless you buy the kind rated for ground contact. If your climate is cool and dry rather than hot and humid wood will last a lot longer, treated or not.