I would rather scrub out the coop and start over every few weeks to a month depending on the coop and amount of birds in it. my granfather used to put blocks of cedar and even cut down trees to use as perches. he said it kept the lice and mites off the hens. my parents used cedar blocks and moth balls to keep insects and mice away.. Cedar chicken coop condo: for years i read and watched as my neighbors built coops. being a tall person, i thought how horrible it would be to clean and interact with the birds in such a small and confined space. after i visited about 20 other coops around the neighborhood a…. [post updated dec. 2017] most chicken coops are made of wood, and all wood eventually rots. our coop designs feature overhanging roofs to protect the structures and their occupants from rain. but your coop will still get wet and be exposed to humidity, insects, and uv light. to protect the wood from the ravages of being outdoors you have a few options:.
Advantages of building your own chicken coop. the easiest and most plentiful material for coop building is wood. if you do decide to build your own coop, you can save a lot of money by using stuff that is freely available, such as wooden pallets. businesses give pallets away free just to get rid of them.. (for more on this style of coop—an a-frame coop—check out my article, diy a-frame chicken coops: fast, cheap, and easy to build.) this all sounds good in theory, but do a quick search of ‘wire floors’ in chicken-keeping forums and you will find that most people who have wire floors dislike them.. Whenever you clean out the chicken coop, dump all the old bedding in that spot, piling it up high. the microbes and heat that naturally occur in a compost pile will slowly break down the material over time and turn it into soil. if you want this pile to break down quicker, you can flip and stir the pile every few weeks..
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