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SteveinCT

10-03-2005 11:15:27




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I am putting in a new coop for our chickens and ducks and I was wondering if anyone has any better ideas for the floor than cheap 12 inch floor tiles, which will get slippery. The ducks make a mess, and with the way plywood prices are headed, I don't want to do this again in a couple of years. Thanks for the help, Steve




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Nolan

10-05-2005 08:58:29




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
Ducks? Dirt! You can get away with all kinds of things with chickens. But ducks make a wet mess of the area. Dirt works best with ducks in my experience.



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Eric Stevens

10-05-2005 18:56:08




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to Nolan, 10-05-2005 08:58:29  
I have tons of patio brick, that is what I would use then cover with straw.



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msb

10-03-2005 19:50:47




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
The best and cleanest chicken house floor I ever saw was built with 1"x2" Pine lumber(screen stock) set on edge with short blocks to seperate the boards ,making a 3/4" slotted floor.The floor was built in sections for easy removal and set up on a frame about a foot and a half tall.There was a narrow walkway all around the raised floor.The feeders and waterers were set on top of the slotted frame which was filled with crushed cobs.The cobs absorbed the moisture from the manure and was very easily scooped out with just a scoop shovel.Only one cleaning a year was needed.

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chris in Md.

10-03-2005 15:11:51




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
I think ChasK is on to something there. When I converted my barn to a woodshop I put down plywood and painted it with an industrial floor paint. I rolled out paint and sprinkled on anti-
skid compound and backrolled it in to seal it . It's been down three years and has performed well.



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buickanddeere

10-03-2005 14:07:10




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
Straw a foot or more deep.The birds keep scratching through it burying the messes. Keeps clean, low odor, cheap and the birds stay occupied.



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thejdman01

10-03-2005 13:28:21




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
i used to have dirt. a pain in the behind to clean out and cleaning out takes dirt with it. then started using straw, but still removing dirt w/straw. then i used some heavy rubber mating with straw was better but still not the best. finally poured it concrete w/a sealer and straw now you can dig as hard as you want and scrape as much as you want and you wont be getting dirt or anything else jsut the mess.

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ChasK

10-03-2005 13:11:48




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
Steve, What we've always used is roofing felt overtop of the old 1" floorboards. If you're making something new from scratch, I think the idea of using a good floor paint sounds good. Put it on plenty thick and be sure to go up the wall a bit. Also, with using the felt on the floor, and having ducks in there, straw might be a better litter for you. Even better would be if you could keep the ducks separate. This would allow you to use sawdust for the chickens, which if put in at about 5-6" of depth, makes an excellent base. My ducks and geese spend the winter outside with an open building to go into if they want. I try to water outside when I can.

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jfp

10-03-2005 12:22:33




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
Why not sawdust. You can throw it on the garden and make huge crops when done with it. Chickens love it.



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Hal/WA

10-03-2005 15:44:40




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to jfp, 10-03-2005 12:22:33  
We have always used wood shavings over dirt. It stays reasonably dry all year and is easy to shovel out with a flat bottom shovel. Once you get down to dirt, you are done....

We had an old chicken house with a wood floor. The floor rotted and got holes in it and the litter was always frozen in the winter. We had trouble with rats under the floor and they stole the chicken feed and sometimes eggs.

When we built a new chicken house, we did a proper concrete foundation with footings down about 2 feet below ground level. We had planned on pouring a concrete floor, but never got around to it. The shavings over dirt worked so well my Dad decided he could use his money better elsewhere. We never saw any evidence of rats in the new chicken house.

Shavings around here aren't free, but almost. We liked to start with about 6 inches in depth and sometimes added some during the year if the goop started to seem damp.

What we cleaned out every fall went directly on the garden, where we spread it out fairly evenly. That part of the garden was always the best the next summer.

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Bill in NorthCentral Pa

10-04-2005 12:31:50




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to Hal/WA, 10-03-2005 15:44:40  
Try your local high school shop. The sawdust is amazingly hard to get rid of (mine goes on my fields because no one else wants it).

Bill



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MPND

10-07-2005 09:11:03




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to Bill in NorthCentral Pa, 10-04-2005 12:31:50  
Straw works fine and is free if u grow crops.



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MAC,IL

10-03-2005 12:16:50




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
wondering why roll roofing wouldnt work?



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old

10-03-2005 12:11:12




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to SteveinCT, 10-03-2005 11:15:27  
Use plywood and then paint it with a few coats of a good flood paint. Or you also might try a rubber mat on the floor.



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Illinois Boy

10-03-2005 12:18:07




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to old, 10-03-2005 12:11:12  
Mine's dirt...



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SteveinCT

10-03-2005 12:55:51




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 Re: OT chicken coop floor in reply to Illinois Boy, 10-03-2005 12:18:07  
getting some great ideas. dirt would have been the first choice, couldn't do it, too wet. I never thought of roll roofing, good one.



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