clean coop

Hello, I bought a used 8x14’ shed to use as a chicken coop. It was previously used as a pigeon coop. It has excellent ventilation and has been cleaned well. There haven’t been pigeons in it for many months, possibly a year. It still smells but I’ll try to fix that, not that it won’t smell with...

Hey y’all, I’ve got eleven ducks and I have a house for them to sleep in at night that I bed with large flake pine shavings. It gets SO dirty SO fast, so I was wondering if y’all had any tips for keeping things clean. I hate having to wash feces off my eggs the day after I clean their house. I...

Hello, I'm newer to chickens and was told to use a river rock as the base to my run so that it wouldn't become a muddy mess. Well now all the poop I have washed off over the summer is building up under the top layers. It was suggested to bleach the run but I'm not comfortable using bleach...

We are building our duck house and enclosure soon and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for keeping the enclosure clean, right now we have our 3 ducks (1 drake, 2 females) in a fenced off part of the chicken run area, and boy is it ever muddy in there when we have their kiddie pool filled...

Been awhile since I’ve had time to post…but my oldest hen startled me tonight and I gotta tell it… Four pullets I added are getting big enough to switch them from their smaller coop to Ms Boss’s, her to theirs. It was getting quite in need of serious cleaning inside and rescrewing a few boards...

-How do you guys keep your ducks from pooping all the time in the cage or house? -What is your routine with food and water? -How do you keep the water and food from being pooped in and keep it clean? -I am in the process of building them a house and need ideas on how to prevent there food and...

I just have a question, bird flu is scary but I remember we’ve had these scares before …. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/05/tennessee-bird-flu-outbreak-poultry-farm https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergency_management/downloads/hpai/2015-hpai-final-report.pdf And it goes...

My coop is far too small for our (big) girls, so we have just purchased a second-hand coop that is a bit bigger, as we realised that our coop wasn't really too small, we just have really big breeds and didn't take that into account when buying the original coop. Someone else will definitely be...

Hello friends! I have 7 chickens and 3 guineas who all sleep in the same coop every night. The guineas poop a lot more than the chickens and I am having trouble keeping the ammonia smell under control. The coop is lifted, has a door for them to come in and out, and two windows higher up for...

Hi everyone! I have been cleaning out my ducks house and putting the waste in a pile in my backyard (I use fine and flake shavings). However, the pile is now overgrown and makes my yard look terrible! We’ve also seen a few rats as of lately. Is there a way to get rid of the extra shavings once...

is it ok to use limestone inside of my duck house? my floor is dirt in the duck house which isn’t an issue with my 6 older ducks as they do not eat or drink inside of their house at night and have the option to come in and out as they please the entire day, but i have 11 younger babies and they...

Hi Everyone, We at Alder Creek are having a blast figuring things out as chicken tenders and it's time to start getting creative with tools and techniques for cleaning and maintenance... We'd love it if you'd share your favorite maintenance/cleaning tools and tricks for coops and runs-- bonus...

Ok, so I have an older barn, my chickens are in an enclosed section that use to be for calves. It’s sectioned off from the main barn but my issue is, concrete floor. It sweats, I use pine shavings/some straw. And when it gets wet or sweats I clean the coop and sprinkle barn lime. does anyone...

Integrating our coop into the corner of our barn last year was the best idea! I love being able to walk in to take care of the girls. And after a couple of hours of work yesterday, it's currently cleaner than my house. 😂