Keeping Chickens On Concrete Floor

Welcome to my beginners guide to keeping chickens.

Keeping chickens on concrete floor.

Well i guess concrete for the nesting or roosting area within your chicken pen is a good idea. Here are her step by step instructions. My chickens love it because they can scratch around and i m happy because it makes my coop look and also smell fresh. Keeping chickens in a coop on concrete i am looking into getting 2 4 chickens to keep in our back garden.

How to install a less expensive concrete floor. Chickens need to scratch dust and sit in dirt to stay happy so we shouldn t concrete the whole chicken pen. Unfortunately our entire garden is concrete and so i know i will need to give them something to scratch around in. But concrete is the best floor for a chicken coop.

It absolutely prevents rodents and predators from digging in offers no place for lice and mites to hide and is the easiest type of floor to clean and sanitize. However keeping your chickens on a total concrete slab is definitely a poor option. I have been keeping chickens for over 30 years since i was a small child. I have read that bark chippings are good but when they rot they can give off spores which are harmful.

When i redo the chook shed i want it to be the best environment for happy healthy chickens. They will also have a large fenced off garden area to range around when not in their shed. Is it better to keep the dirt floor in the chicken s house or would a concrete floor with straw on top be better for them. The chickens would be comfy and cozy with 4 to 6 inches of shavings or wood.

I found an excellent solution to expensive concrete floors from gail damerow s book storey s guide to raising chickens a must read for any new chicken keeper. However if you have a concrete floor or any other type of floor in your coop then you ll need to clean it. Begin by gathering all old material or waste that is on the floor and scoop it out. Again i use wood chips for this.

This site should contain everything you need to know about this fantastic hobby to get you started.