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Coop with wire floor

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  • 15-02-2014 7:41pm
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    mick145
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    Is it possible to make a duck/chicken coop with a wire mesh floor so when the animals poo, it will go through the mesh and into the ground rather than a ply wood floor that will ruin it and require lots of cleaning.
    Would it be comfortable for them and is it in general possible?


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    Conmaicne Mara
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    Could be corrected but I don't think mesh is good for hens feet? Perhaps a wire section below perches might work, but as an entire floor I don't believe it's a good idea.


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    J.O. Farmer
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    Why would you want a mesh floor. Just put no floor and the poop will land on whatever you intended it to fall through the mesh onto.
    Perhaps as Con suggested mesh under the perch will allow most of the poop fall out of the coop..


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    mick145
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    J.O. Farmer wrote: »
    Why would you want a mesh floor. Just put no floor and the poop will land on whatever you intended it to fall through the mesh onto.
    Perhaps as Con suggested mesh under the perch will allow most of the poop fall out of the coop..
    I heard it's benifical for the ground whenever the animals excrete and It saves the job of cleaning up the coops every few weeks and buying sawdust which I actually find easier to clean out than hay but still would be handier haveing zero to none to clean, I'll see if I can find schematics for coops with mesh floor


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    Askim
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    mick145 wrote: »
    Is it possible to make a duck/chicken coop with a wire mesh floor so when the animals poo, it will go through the mesh and into the ground rather than a ply wood floor that will ruin it and require lots of cleaning.
    Would it be comfortable for them and is it in general possible?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057101156

    Asked the same question a while ago.
    I put in a weldmesh floor 3 weeks ago for the same reason, no cleaning out, cleaner eggs, & chickens have mo problem walking on it.
    You can't have no floor as mink or fox could get under, it also can't be chicken as this will be no problem for them to get through.

    pm with email address if you want pics or more info
    A


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