Since it was so filthy, I decided to to take some one's advise and use a power washer. NOT a good idea! You never know how small an 8x8 shed is until you get inside and turn on a power washer when there's loose chicken poop still there! I think I'm going to be picking it out of my hair for the next week!
I had my muck boots on, which was good since after I dampened everything I was sloshing around in 1-2 inches of this watery mess! The roosts were layered with dried poop, so I got a scraper and scrapped them down to bare wood. I washed the walls and ceilings down with Clorox and water from a pail (not adding drastically to the depth of "Lake Judi Poopy". The spider webs etc. came off the chicken wire when I was power washing, so at least that was easy.
The wet-dry vac sucked up all of the lake and then I went to work on the linoleum floor with the bleach and brush. Sucked up all the water again and it was clean!
I then proceeded to sprinkle Perma-Guard Diatomaceous Earth onto the floor and into the nesting boxes in preparation for the pine shavings on Monday.
I still need to "paint" the roosts with a mixture of DE and water, but I'll do that later. I followed the instructions from www.dirtworks.net which is where I purchased the product. Here's the link to the instructions, which will open a Word document.
Once I got over the power washer mishap, it actually went pretty smoothly! Thank God I was working with OLD chicken poop this time so there was no smell.
The girls also rewarded me again with eggs number 3 and 4! It's nice to know that at least for now they're laying every other day. The size of their eggs are a little smaller than the large ones I buy at Sam's Club. A few more chickens, and I won't have to be buying them at Sam's any longer :)
Wow! That coop looks good enough to move into. I need to go clean our coop out... I'm doing this instead of getting myself outside. Having our own chicken's eggs is a treat!
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