Looking for suggestions regarding what I can use as a thin base or to line the wood floor in my coop so that if any moisture from poop or pee comes down through the pine shavings (I do deep bedding method) I have in there it’s not going directly on the wood floor but on some sort of plastic...
Hi! I'm a newbie pigeon owner. I will be making a new pigeon loft soon and am wondering what kind of flooring I should use. My current loft (I got it from friends, didn't make it myself) has hardwire cloth on the bottom and some cardboard I can slide around.
The loft will be made of a wooden...
This is our first coop. In theory, the old playhouse would make a great coop. We covered all openings with hardware cloth. It has a solid roof. My problem is the flooring. It is wood plank just like the front deck. We live in Florida so once a day all summer we will have a brief monsoon. The...
Hi all. My coop is raised off the ground by cement blocks, and the floor is unfinished plywood covered by deep shavings. Today I discovered my waterer was leaking, and sure enough when I scraped away the shavings underneath, there was a patch of wood rot. I scraped away the softest wood, and...
I am new to the chicken life and I prefer to be as natural and non toxic as possible. My goal is to have a wood floor protected and also be able to use the deep litter method. Not sure if that is even possible. I am not sure what surfaces you can use that method on.
So my two questions: 1. I...