Henhouse floor styles

[gimmie birdies]

Mine is a wood floor where I sometimes toss yellow straw- (not a fan of wood chips.) But it is very dry here, and does not rot.

 

[StinkyAcres]

My coop has a wood floor/platform on concrete blocks.

 

[Noraaaaa]

Sort of! We raised the coop 4 inches of the ground. Its on sort of a platform. There is chicken wire between the ground and the floor. Then we have wood. There is now the linoleum in the coop. In the storage space we have noting, just wood. Here we keep food, shavings, crates, etc. We have a chicken door to the outside that has an automatic door. Then we have a large run that is attached to that. We have a roof on all of it. I will go get pictures in about ten minutes for you!!!
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TOTALLY FINE!!!

ur good

 

[Appalachickens]

I'm in the process of building. It's a raised walk-in coop, and will have a HC skirt. I have a plywood floor that I will be putting a couple of coats of Apoc 243, which is actually a white elastomeric roof coating, to make it easier to clean. And I plan to do deep bedding.

 

[Ridgerunner]

So far we’ve used dirt floor with woodchips, hay, grass clippings, shredded paper, pine shavings, etc. it’s not bad, but it’s difficult to clean, if only once or twice a year.

What is hard about cleaning this once or twice a year? If one or some of your bedding materials are giving you issues then stop using it. To me, I don't know how you can get it much better.

 

[MagistraTn]

What is hard about cleaning this once or twice a year? If one or some of your bedding materials are giving you issues then stop using it. To me, I don't know how you can get it much better.

I guess it has just been a ton of heavy volume to move out. Maybe it’s the wood chips. If we were to take it down (and we do want to harvest that soil they make) it would be 20+ wheelbarrows.