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Chicken Coop Cleaning - Chicken Coop Flooring

2016/5/3 13:56:27

Chicken Coop Cleaning  -  Chicken Coop Flooring

Keeping chickens is all well and good until you get to the end of the first week and notice the smell through your garden - chicken coop cleaning may be a dirty job but someone really has to do it. It smells in the hot summer months but in my opinion it is a lot harder to do in the cold, wet, winter months. This is mainly because the snow, slush, rain turns the inside rum into a basic pool of mud mixed with excrement.

In the winter months the birds tend to spend a lot more time inside the coop shelter instead of being out in the run area. Can you imagine the amount of 'mess' left inside that coop shelter through the winter months - quite a task. There's no getting away from the fact that chickens are up there with the toughest of birds but chicken coop cleaning is essential for their health.

If a chicken coop is totally neglected and the chicken coop cleaning is ignored then it will only be a short amount of time before 'Red Mite' ( as well as other bug types ) begin to rear their ugly heads. As for these bugs they can be treated pretty easily with one of several specialized products that are out on the market currently. I'm not going to single one out over another but a simple Google search should show you a few options.

If the majority of your chicken coop is wooden then chicken coop cleaning becomes a little bit harder than if you are cleaning a commercial plastic/wood coop. This is sad to say really as the more traditional self-built wood coops are much better looking than the commercial pre-built things you can purchase from a store.

Chicken coop cleaning will also depend on the type of chicken coop you own. For example, these days you can purchase a mobile chicken coop ( sometimes called a 'tractor coop' and favored in more urban areas ) and they can aid with the cleaning process. Typically, just move the mobile chicken coop to a clean part of the backyard or garden as you clean up the mess that was left behind by the chickens.

A static chicken coop is therefore a lot more work when it comes to cleaning - you must constantly keep the chicken coop flooring constantly clean. Remember - chicken coop cleaning is essential if you want your birds to live long and healthy, happy lives.