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missysx

Joined: 14 Dec 2006
Posts: 157
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Wed May 04, 11 9:45 am Post subject: coop advice

we've been given a coop on freecycle that needs doing up. we intend to repair it, repaint it and add a run but before we do that i need to clean it out.

apart from scraping out the dried on poo from the floor and hosing it down, is there anything else i should be doing to it/using to clean it?

should i use paint on the inside? anything i should avoid doing?
is there a minimum width that's adviseable for a pirch?

many thanks

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Wed May 04, 11 9:56 am Post subject:
Disinfect it, preferably with Poultry shield as this will kill any red mites. Creosote or Cuprinol the outside walls. Nest boxes need to be 9-12" square, perches 2 x 2" planed timber - allow 8" per bird. Allow each bird 4-6' square of space in the run as a minimum. AVOID roofing felt! Use Onduline / Coroline (Corrugated bitumen roofing) You are on the top of a slippery slide of hen keeping

missysx

Joined: 14 Dec 2006
Posts: 157
Location: Buckinghamshire

Posted: Wed May 04, 11 10:06 am Post subject:
thanks for the tips. i've spent 2 years convincing hubby to get hens and then this coop was posted on freecycle so i ceased the oppotunity and had him collect it. he can't change his mind now (not if he wants his new shed, anyway)

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Wed May 04, 11 10:09 am Post subject:
Spray the inside with Jays or similar.

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed May 04, 11 11:11 am Post subject:
I've recently done my two broody coops with Jeyes as the previous occupants had Marek's. Poultry shield sounds good too, but I already had Jeyes. If the coop has RM you will find out when you pick it up!

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