Chicken Coops with Linoleum Floor?

Question

I am planning to build a small chicken coop (4 X8') and the plans call for a plywood floor which I was thinking of covering with linoleum in the hopes that it may make it easier to clean, disinfect or powerwash.
Does anyone have any better ideas or reasons this would be a bad idea?

Answer 1

When we built our new house we rented the old in back for many years. It was old from late 50's early 60's and finally we stopped renting it. I had linoleum in the bedrooms and used one room to raise doves and another for chickens. I would spread a little hay around and it was easier to clean. People would laugh how my birds had their own House. Now with the house I could not wash it out with water, but, later thought how a little flashing around the walls and a few modified holes in the outer walls it could have be done. Just fix it so you can use water to spray it out now and then without getting the wood wet. You look around and some lumber stores will have scrap pieces left over they sell cheap or some places that lay linoleum and carpet throw it away and it free, try to use one solid piece to there no seams to leak water through to the wood. If the poop is hardened then wet and wait 15 minutes and it clean up easy.

Answer 2

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