Protecting your chicken coop floor
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- It's important to protect your chicken coop floor (Your investment) from the nasty poop and dirt that comes with having chickens. So In this video I show you how I'm protecting the coop's floor with polyurethane and vinyl sheeting.
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Excellent work. You are more skilled and have more tools than I do though. I suppose you have the free time too. I really think a Rembrant original or Piccaso would look great too but not too high and not looking directly at each other. I'm bringing my sleeping bag over, them uptown chickens and I will get along just fine.
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Pete, suggestion: make a sign reading “Best Little Henhouse in Texas” to hang on the coop and name one of those chickens “Dolly.” You did a great job as the coop is very nice.
That's a great Idea, it's hard to believe it's been about 35 years since that movie came out.
😂😂😂😂I remember that movie and Dolly have always been my favorite.
Nice job! If the vinyl gets torn up you could try some stall mats. I used it for my wife's work-out room. Fairly inexpensive at the farm suppliers. Use the thin kind for the light weight so it's easy to pull out and hose down in the summer.
Thanks, great idea.
Hey Pete...just ran across and subscribed to your channel...very nice by the way. Where in east Texas did you move. I was born an raised just north of Houston in a small town (Cleveland). My wife and I now live north of Tyler...out in the woods...have laying hens as well. Love you chicken coop build videos. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Thank you, we moved from Houston to a small town around the Lufkin, Nacogdoches area. I have some friends that live close to Tyler and work there. Nice to hear you live close enough to Tyler but far enough away to enjoy the peace and quiet of country living. Thank you for the sub and keep on watching 👍
:) We moved from Cleveland to Lufkin/'Nacanowhere' in 1991. I actually designed/implemented/installed/operated the Solid Waste (trash collection) system currently being utilized for the City of Lufkin. I know that area very well. Thanks again.
I could be wrong but I've always heard to never use linoleum in a chicken coop, something about the chemicals in the linoleum will get into the chickens then they'll pass it off to you through their eggs
Got a idea to help you out a little if your planning on adding a roost ladder to your coop? If you use 2x4’s as I did, cut the top of your vertical boards at the angle so when your boards are angled away from your wall the cut angle 📐 of your boards are parallel with your wall. Then staple a couple pieces of plywood on the angle 📐 large enough to be able to put two good strong hinges on it. You may also have to build out from the wall a few inches to give clearance when you life up your roost ladder so you can put a latch at the ceiling to lock your roost ladder in place against the ceiling. Then you won’t have a roost ladder to try and clean behind it or have to move it out of the way if it’s not attached to a wall? Best idea I had was putting hinges on my roost ladder! Opens up the floor completely with nothing in the way while cleaning out old uses bedding! I never liked the idea of having to clean behind a roost ladder. Just don’t forget to put the roost ladder back down after your done cleaning. Surprisingly I was shocked to see my chickens somehow still got up on their roost ladder with it folded up against the ceiling. But the chickens stayed on as I lowered it back to the floor! LOL Not sure how wide/long your coop is? Mine 12ft X12ft and I made the roost ladder 8ft wide leaving one side away from the side wall a few inches and the other side just under 4ft away from the other side wall. Because I ended up with more chickens then I planed on getting, I also added another permanently mounted roost to the side wall up off the floor about 42” and another one hangs from the ceiling closer to the center of the coop. Then took another 2x4 and made a angle on one end and drilled a hole in it large enough that a screw could slide in the hole and the other end has a hole going thru the 2” of the board. The end with the hole on the angle slides over a screw on my permanently mounted roost on the wall and the other end goes over a screw that’s screwed to one of the roost on my folding roost ladder. This way my chickens can get on the folding roost ladder and walk across the 2x4 to get to the fixed mounted roost on the wall without having to try to jump it fly to get on the higher roost. Then when going to clean the coop it’s simple to just pull the one 2x4 off that’s connects the two roosts together and go ahead and fold up my roost ladder so my floor is still open for cleaning. Never planned on having so many chickens, but my hens had other ideas after I got a rooster to protect them! LOL
Really nice ideas
I think I did one better on my floor? I used a waterproof plywood that has a plastic laminate glued to the plywood like you would see on many kitchen countertops. My floor 4 years old now and the floor still holding up almost like new. There’s some stains on the plastic laminate but other than that it’s like new still. This summer though I plan on using my pressure washer to give my floor a good cleaning and see if I can get those stains to come off? Didn’t put anything up the walls though, but I did paint the walls inside the coop. So far the walls seem to be holding up fine. The walls really don’t get dirty much since I don’t let their bedding get very deep and I usually just clean my coop out least every couple days unless I get lazy and let it go for a week before cleaning it out. Doesn’t really take that long. I have a wide metal blade scraper I bought that’s normally used more for removing old flooring. But it works great as a scraper too that has a long handle like a broom. Anything stuck to the laminate scrapes right off pretty easily. Then I use a snow shovel to pick up the used bedding and toss it out the back door of my coop into my walk behind cart. Once all the used bedding out of the coop. I throw down some ( not going to spell this right) Democust Earth and hopefully you know what I’m talking about? Anyway that keeps the bugs out of the coop and I toss on a thin layer of wood sawdust on the floor. Depending how lazy I am? I’ll either clean it up in a few days or I’ll throw some more wood sawdust on top of the used bedding so the chickens aren’t walking in any poo! But I never let it get very thick with bedding. Just try to pick a descent warm day to clean out the bedding and take it down by the garden to let it compost for a good while! BTW, if I throw on a 2nd layer of sawdust, I’ll throw a thin layer of the earth powder first then add the sawdust. That does a good job at keeping out bugs or any other unwanted creatures that would normally love that used bedding environment to live in ! Also a good idea to use that democ. Earth under your chicken’s wings too. Just be careful not to let your chickens breathe that stuff. I’ve read it’s not good for the chickens lungs? It’s like talcum powder, it easily flies everywhere in the air! I don’t put it on the floor with the chickens in the coop. Open the windows and doors on the coop for good air flow and wearing a mask not a bad idea either. Once the powder settles down in the air then the chickens are allowed back in the coop! Keeping a clean coop the biggest key to keeping healthy chickens!
So having had your linoleum down for a while, I'm curious.. do your chickens poop on the 2x4s around the perimeter? I'm getting ready to lay linoleum myself and I'm thinking about cutting some pieces for those perimeter boards because it seems like they would almost certainly get pooped on and be a pain to clean?
Actually they don't poop around the perimeter. I keep a thick layer of wood shaving and no poop gets on the 2x4s. They do most of the pooping when they're on their roosting bars at night. I have a wooden platform under the roosting bars with sand to catch the poop and use a 1/4 inch hardware cloth to clean the poop. Here's the video of the roosting bars and cleaning the poo. ruclips.net/video/lZfV-aYqXdc/видео.html
We've been dealing with chicken might lately, I wanted to try and protect the floor some way so I'm thinking of doing that polyurethane. I was wondering though if you don't use glue to tack down the linoleum isn't there a chance that you could have the chicken mites getting under there and kind of hanging out there?
Awwwwww, you have Dobe's!!!!! So much love!
Thank you 🙂
I know right she was mesmerized by that shinny thing😂
Great videos!! Thanks for the great ideas.
Six years later, and how is the vinyl flooring doing?
It's holding up great.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading Thank your.
so now that its been awhile since you've put in your floor, would you do anything different? I just wonder about the floor joist/posts. Would you just the linoleum longer to cover them?
The floor linoleum is holding up great and the exposed 2x4s around the flooring is holding up great too. I did put a coat of polyurethane on the wood to give it extra protection.
Nice video,I will surely pick up some linoleum flooring. Do you add pine shavings or straw afterwards?
Thank you, yes after I put down the linoleum I put the pine shavings down.
I always wonder why homesteaders do no make round poles of some kind for bird to sit on. Their feet were make to fit a limb like in tree branches. They do get foot bumble if they only have a flat board to roust on. Could even be pain for them. I have seen one person actually use tree branches. I know even buying a bird from a pet store there are different sizes for smaller or bigger birds.
Chickens don't fly and their feet/paws are not exactly like flying birds. They spend most of the day on flat ground. But if you want to use round branches, make sure they are bigger in diameter like 2" or more because chickens can't grip on small branches like a bird.
Pete: Looking good. That will make cleaning and sanitizing the coop a snap. the old guy Bert
Thank you Bert
bert skelton iii
well done thank you!!!
Worth watching just to see the dobies, sure miss mine
Thanks, They're always trying to help me out. 🙂
Great coop build Pete I like that board in front of the door gonna do that on my shed to coop conversion.
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Great work! When are yoo getting horses or cows !!!! Keep up the good work!
Juan Angel Thank you, I'll just take one step at a time 😀
God has truly blessed you with carpentry. 😍
Thank you 🙂
@@petebeasttexashomesteading I've been trying to find a coop as amazing as yours no such luck. Just by watching the video from the beginning, I realize that I can make one as well. You are a great teacher and your video is so simple. 😍
luxury chicken coop hotel🐔, hay make a dog house video next 😊
Did you end up putting the chickens in there even after seeing how nice it was?
Yep, they live there full time.....but it's not as nice now 🙂
What kind a bedding boss
Wood shavings from tractor supply.
Looks awesome! We will be doing this in a few weeks!
Thank you, it's been working great.
They will tear up linoleum. I know from experience. Might have been better with several coats of poly though.
I hope not :(
Ours lasted 4 years then we replaced it with new piece.
So how did you learn from experience because that would be more useful tbh.
Good video will be doing this thanks !
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Plenty of room for toilet facilities.
Yeah I guess the entire floor is a toilet facility :)