What material should I use on top of the plywood floor of my chicken coop?

[Ncgiglio]

My chicken coop floor is currently plywood and a friend recommended linoleum for easier cleaning. I saw someone somewhere on this forum say they used a roof coat material. It was black Jack rubr roof coating #57. He said it didn't smell like petrol because it was water based. We are trying to get this done as cheaply as possible but I do want to keep the floor relatively clean. At least as long as I have toddlers.

Do I have any other options for making the floor easier to keep clean?

 

[Sic]

I use rubber mat flooring, you can get sheet or locking pieces such as 2'x2' square. Easy to clean in place or remove to thoroughly clean and reinstall. It's really convenient, non absorbent, antibacterial, antifungal, great insulation from heat or cold, excellent traction and soft on the feet. I don't remember the cost though, it was just what I wanted to do.

 

[ShotgunDog]

My chicken coop floor is currently plywood and a friend recommended linoleum for easier cleaning. I saw someone somewhere on this forum say they used a roof coat material. It was black Jack rubr roof coating #57. He said it didn't smell like petrol because it was water based. We are trying to get this done as cheaply as possible but I do want to keep the floor relatively clean. At least as long as I have toddlers.

Do I have any other options for making the floor easier to keep clean?

I also used a roof coating material. I'm not sure exactly what it was, but it was very similar to linoleum. It is white on one side, black on the other, and about as thick as a sheet of linoleum. It was a re-purposed sheet of material (left over from a construction job of a neighbor). It is easy to clean if I need to. I use pine straw for bedding material and really haven't had a need to do any sort of deep cleaning on the floor.

 

[nuthatched]

Few coats of exterior paint

 

[aart]

but I do want to keep the floor relatively clean. At least as long as I have toddlers.

Will the toddlers be toddling around in the coop?
Do you plan on constantly cleaning up the poops so the kidlets don't crawl thru it?

 

[Sic]

I also used a roof coating material. I'm not sure exactly what it was, but it was very similar to linoleum. It is white on one side, black on the other, and about as thick as a sheet of linoleum. It was a re-purposed sheet of material (left over from a construction job of a neighbor). It is easy to clean if I need to. I use pine straw for bedding material and really haven't had a need to do any sort of deep cleaning on the floor.

Sounds like PVC roofing, we use it a lot in mostly commercial building.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Are you doing poop trays or deep litter or what? My painted plywood flooring on one side and hardwood flooring on another side stays clean because I installed poop boards. Prior to poop trays I opened up the floor and made a dirt pit under roost bars, I was getting tired of wood flooring getting poo stuck on it. Poop trays were my ultimate solution to a clean floor.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I use BlackJack 57 but deck or barn paint is likely cheaper and more accessible.

 

[Nym]

I nailed down vinyl / linoleum tiles. I picked them up cheap from one of those surplus building pop-up shops for around 50$. All they takes is a good sweep with a good yard broom with the rubber scrubber on the headband.

 

[saysfaa]

I used black jack 57. It doesn't smell at all when dry. As I remember now, three years later, it didn't smell much when I applied although it was outside, of course, with a lot of ventilation. I put two or three coats on, partly because I had so much of it.

It has held up very well - I don't notice any wear even where I walk across it multiple times a day. However, I can't tell any advantage over exterior paint. Both are better than bare wood.

I know a lot of people like linoleum (or vinyl). I considered it and thought it would be harder to bring home, harder to install, wouldn't last as long, and (most important to me) more volume to dispose of at the end of its life.