Tips for a Clean(er) Chicken Coop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 เม.ย. 2021
- Learn how to keep your coop clean (and your chickens healthy) with these handy tips. Spoiler: You don’t have to spend a lot of time or money.
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I always turn to Lisa for advice and help! So much knowledge and she’d never steer you wrong!
I love the idea of putting contact paper behind the roosts! So smart.
It works SO well!
Hi Lisa, I would like you to know there is a 9 year old girl in Rhode Island who faithfully and joyfully watches every one of your videos! She has been on her own chicken journey (along with the rest of our family) and we happily apply many things we have learned from you. Even our pickiest egg eater in the family has become a creamed egg eating fan! So thank you for all you do!!!! 🤗
Oh thank you for letting me know. I'm so glad. That's so nice to hear.
Beautiful coop
What a beautiful coop. You have done a great job.
Thank you so much!
Wow! What great practical information. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks. A lot of great info.
Glad it was helpful!
Your chicken house is so just darling. Cutest I’ve seen and thanks for the tips
Oh thank you!
Excellent ideas. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
❤️❤️❤️. Thank you!
I do wish i could have seen more. Especially when you were referring to cleaning under the roosting area.
This is my first time see I g your coop so cute. Thank you for the info very helpful. Im a new chicken mom.
Oh you're welcome.
Thank you for sharing your experiences! Have you ever considered adding a droppings board under your roosts , that catches the droppings and you clean off every morning.. I use PDZ coop fresh sprinkled on top of the board… it was a game changer for me!
Yes, I tried one and honestly I HATED it! It was gross and just one more thing to clean. I just flip the straw with a rake. Much quicker and easier. Then it all gets composted when I clean out the coop.
Darling chicken coop!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!
What is the best roof for a chicken coop? My coop is nearly 100 years old and the roof is so rotted it’s about to fall in. Shingles or metal? Thanks, videos are great and provide tips that you don’t hear anywhere else! 🐔🐥🐤🐣🐓
I think shingles. The metal would be loud when it rains!
So glad I found this video. We are converting our grown daughters’ playhouse into a coop because it’s bigger (9x7) and we have wondered if we were making a mistake because we thought we would ruin it but seeing your coop and how great it looks puts my mind at ease. We will keep our first coop (4x6) with only food and water (in winter) with no access to nest boxes and no roost bar. We will keep food and water outside and NOT in the new coop for the reasons you stated. The new coop is insulated, dry walled and has electricity. I’ll search your videos to see if you show your ventilation. We have 5 windows in our coop but won’t leave windows open when we get heavy midwest storms (Nebraska).
It sounds perfect.
What about pine flakes for their bedding? That’s what I’ll be using for my chick brooder come Spring, and people really seem to love it
I find shavings of any kind very dusty. I use straw, I wouldn't recommend anything but straw in the winter here in Maine especially because of its warmth. Pine does smell nice though and has some lovely minor pest-repelling qualities. I recently started using hemp bedding from Eaton Hemp and like that alot. It's not dusty like shavings and stays dry for a long time.
Straw and hay have a tendency to attract moisture causing mold & fungi to form, which can cause disease in your birds. A thin layer on top of shavings is ok. We found this out the hard way! Gotta keep those chics happy! 🐓 We turn our bedding every day also.
We also put a tiny bit of Apple Cider Vinegar ( organic, with the mother, like “Braggs”) in their drinking water to keep them healthy!
How many bags of the hemp bedding did you use fir your coop?
I used three and they've been in there for about 6 weeks now and I still haven't had to change them out.
I bought DE again recently but forgot how absolutely dusting it is!!!
To do the spray cleaner do you use a slice orange or just peeling ? I watch your other videos where you used the whole thing ? Thank you
No I just use the peels.
I always wondered if you could use pine needles/straw for the litter on the floor...no one has ever said that you can, except you. I already use leaves. There are lots of pine trees in my yard and I'd like to be able to use the straw also.
Don't see why not, I use shredded cardboard and paper
Oh yes absolutely. I used pine needles alot when we lived in Virginia.
Beautiful coop! How many acres do you have?
300 acres.
How did you build your nest boxes and the roosts?
The plans for both are in my book DIY Chicken Keeping.amzn.to/3vf6HBz
I use hemp from Carolina coop
I use hemp in the summer, straw in the winter.
My coop floor is dirt so I add pine shavings but if I don’t change it often starts to smells like ammonia. Any suggestion on this?
Add a plywood floor covered with vinyl flooring on top of the dirt. Then change the shavings on a regular basis. Any coop needs to be cleaned regularly.
Add a plywood floor covered with vinyl flooring on top of the dirt. Then change the shavings on a regular basis. Any coop needs to be cleaned regularly.
Also....the little attachments near the floor next to the curtain behind you or those little feeders?
Oh the grit and eggshell dispensers? I made those from vintage match boxes.
Oh the grit and eggshell dispensers? I made those from vintage match boxes.
www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2015/06/diy-repurposed-vintage-match-box-grit.html
Ugh. Shavings are DUSTY For real!!!!! I have twenty three 25 day old chicks in my basement right now but the new coop is almost done so they’ll be moving out SOON!!! I have been contemplating getting the hemp. Is the cost worth it???
Absolutely. I love it. I hardly ever have to change it out.
2 questions??? If tge chickens stay out most of tge time .then how do they lay tgere eggs if you keep them out most of tge day ..and I tried straw seemed straw always attracted mice..so I went to sand ..that was scooping poop..my husband is building another coop that can be washed out and a drain pipe run out into our woods ..I like the look of your flooring. But I'm just afraid of rats ..we are in the woods ..your coup is cute ..gives me ideas ..tks
They can come and go in and out of the coop. They come in, lay they eggs and go back outside. I switched to hemp coop bedding in the summer and love it. Maybe try that.
What type of floor is in your coup?
Plywood with vinyl flooring over it.
Quick question if you get them as chicks how would I get them used to me
Spend lots of time with them.
How do you keep the ducks out of the nest boxes. I cant keep mine clean because the ducks are in there. I have closed it off as you described but then my chickens don't have a nest box to lay in. I recently took the duck out of my chicken coop and put them in a little area by themselves because they mess up the coop so bad. Now I have 2 areas to clean instead of one. Any ideas would be great!
Shhh.. I’ve read you’re not supposed to keep the ducks and chickens together. So you are ok
Well I would raise the boxes up off the floor so the ducks can't use them. I assume they're sleeping in them? Thats why they make a mess?
Also, I assume you don't leave feed or water inside? Always outside. That keeps things cleaner.
We've raised chickens and ducks together for 12 years just fine. Where ever you read that - its not correct.
Yes no food or water. The boxes are built into my pen.
@@wabbit4554 I guess giving the ducks their own house is best. The good thing is the chicken coop will stay a lot cleaner and not need cleaning as often.
I have poop boards and scrape them daily. No trouble with smell, flies or dirty floors.
Too much work for me. I tried that but it's just really gross. I prefer for the poop to fall into the bedding, then I turn it with a rake.
My chickens won’t roost they lay on the floor. I have blocked nests at night to break them from sleeping in them.
Okay good. Go in after dark and put them on the roost. They should lern in a few days.
What is the brand of de for smell ?
Doesn't matter. Its all the same as long as its food-grade.
Do you have to dilute the spray cleaner or can you use it straight for the walls and stuff? Thank you
@Melissa Clay you can dilute it or use it straight. I usually dilute it a bit to wash the floors and walls.
@@FreshEggsDaily thank you , I didn’t know and used it straight . I’ll dilute it next time 😊
A big thing I noticed since you didn't really show everything the roost bars are way to close to the wall no Chicken could roost comfortably there they also are to flat Two bye three's and two by fours are best for roosting Chickens
Thanks for your comment. Maybe its the angle, but my chickens absolutely do roost on the top bars. Every. single. night. For more than 2 years now. The boards are 2x4's so I'm not sure what you mean by too flat? The flat side should always be facing up. You might learn more about roosting bars here.www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2015/11/all-about-roosting-bars-in-your-chicken.html
New friends here just subbed, come on over for a visit. I absolutely love your chicken coop it’s for adorable. Look forward to connecting. Blessings
Thanks and welcome
I love your coop but it's not logical for most especially me I thought I had nice coop but not like hers, I do clean my coop every week.
Not sure why not "logical"? It's honestly not hard to keep clean. I hardly have time to spend cleaning my coop all the time. It's incredibly low-maintenance.