tell me your Coop tips

[GracePoultry]

I have an elevated coop, but the whole thing is tall enough for me to walk around in, but if stepping up into a coop isn't something you can/want to do I wouldn't recommend it.

I like that I can stand up and shove dirty bedding into a bucket or wheelbarrow without having to constantly bend over when I do my cleanouts.

I have had to crawl under it a few times to get chickens and things that I accidentally kicked under it, but now I just use a stick to poke out whatever is under it. I am by no means and expert sorry if this was unneeded

 

[Toothpick]

Interested more in how this works. I was going to buy stick on linoleum floor to apply this summer but maybe I’ll do this under the flooring. I had a roll of old flooring stapled down, but they pecked it and ripped it up

https://www.lowes.com/pd/BLACK-JACK-Rubr-Coat-4-75-Gallon-Fibered-Roof-Sealant/3043257




I got it from Lowes. It's worked really well. But where I had the water sitting for 7 years the floor is finally starting to rot. IDK if it's rotting from underneath or over time water just found a tiny spot that wasn't sealed well. But that's the only places I've had a problem with it ironically. It could also be that was where the two floor sheets joined up and I didn't get a good seal down the joint. I have no idea.

So if you get it perhaps use 3 coats and slather it on good. My coop is 8x10 and I did the floor and about 1ft up the wall. Pretty sure I did two coats. I had half a bucket left.

 

[Iluveggers]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/BLACK-JACK-Rubr-Coat-4-75-Gallon-Fibered-Roof-Sealant/3043257

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I got it from Lowes. It's worked really well. But where I had the water sitting for 7 years the floor is finally starting to rot. IDK if it's rotting from underneath or over time water just found a tiny spot that wasn't sealed well. But that's the only places I've had a problem with it ironically. It could also be that was where the two floor sheets joined up and I didn't get a good seal down the joint. I have no idea.

So if you get it perhaps use 3 coats and slather it on good. My coop is 8x10 and I did the floor and about 1ft up the wall. Pretty sure I did two coats. I had half a bucket left.

Thank you so much!

 

[Toothpick]

Thank you so much!

Keep in mind you probably need 24-48hrs for it to cure

 

[Iluveggers]

Keep in mind you probably need 24-48hrs for it to cure

Thanks. Would definitely need to plan for that!