what to put over my pine floor in the coop?

[pet pal]

I put down a pine floor in my coop so nothing could get in! What do you think would be the best to put down? Best for ( clean up) Best for chickens Please advise me

 

[Dingleberry]

a lg sheet of laminate, or sand.

 

[theoldchick]

All kinds of choices! I used a top quality silver tarp and tacked it down. It was cheaper than linoleum but so far is holding up very well. Very easy to sweep up, and the chicken feces don't stick to it very well. When the time comes I can remove the tacks, roll up the tarp, and replace it.

A nice coating of pine shavings and nobody knows the tarp is there but the chickens.

 

[pet pal]

that sounds great! thank you

 

[MyHappyHen]

I love the ideas here.
My coup is on cement, not as a choice but because I already put in a huge cement patio and left my coup floor-less then I decided I couldn't live without chickens.

I just wanted to say hay is the best bedding, imo. I have tried many types of bedding even cedar chips.
Hay is cheap, easy to clean up and drys quickly after it is soiled.
It seems to actually prevent cake in chicks.

We wrap our bail in a tarp and just remove slabs as needed.

I am not sure what would be best to protect the nice wood flooring past the bedding level.
Please post what you decide to do and how it worked out.

I'd just give it a few coats of sealant and use hay as bedding.

 

[MrsRevDr]

A tarp, what a great idea! I have been worried about my barn floor, will have to give that a try.

 

[theoldchick]

I used a cheaper blue tarp for the Cardboard Corral in the garage. I was very pleased when it came time to disassemble the structure. Sooooo easy to clean up!

To be perfectly honest, the tarp idea is not mine. Somebody else on BYC mentioned using a tarp.