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Livestock and smallholding · LK-18

Coop Cleaning and Bedding Record

A free printable chicken coop cleaning schedule — spot cleans, full cleans, bedding changes, product used and the red mite check.

First page of the Coop Cleaning and Bedding Record — Keep the cleaning round on a dated record, with the red mite check that is easy to skip and expensive to skip twice.
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What this sheet is for

Keep the cleaning round on a dated record, with the red mite check that is easy to skip and expensive to skip twice.

Who it is for

Backyard poultry keepers, smallholders and anyone with a coop, house or ark.

How to use it

  1. Write your own cleaning interval at the top and work to it.
  2. Record the product and the contact time — disinfectant needs both.
  3. Check for red mite every time and record the result, not just the concern.
  4. Note how much bedding you got through; it is a real annual cost.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: The cleaning round for a coop or house — spot clean, full muck-out, bedding changed, disinfectant used.

Your interval, the product's label. No cleaning frequency and no product is recommended. How often a house needs doing depends on the birds, the stocking and the weather, and any disinfectant must be used to its own label. Write your interval at the top and work to it.

Write-on lines: Holding · House or coop · Interval you have set · Year

Table, 13 rows: Date · Spot clean · Full clean · Bedding changed · Product used · Contact time · Red mite check · By · Notes

Write-on lines: Bedding used this year · Reviewed

Questions

How often should a coop be cleaned?

The sheet prints no interval. It depends on the number of birds, the size of the house, the bedding and the weather. Deep litter and daily removal are both valid systems with very different schedules. Choose yours and record against it.

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