Coops are humid, enclosed, and built out of the exact materials pathogens and mites love — porous wood, deep bedding, and tight corners nobody can reach. Waste breaks down into ammonia that irritates birds' respiratory systems long before you can smell a problem. Mites hide in roost joints and lay eggs in cracks, not on the birds. A surface wipe-down doesn't touch any of that. Our process is built around the places that actually hold contamination.
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Buildup Removal
We Pack It Out
Everything we strip out of the coop leaves with us. Soiled bedding, caked droppings, scraped roost buildup, and nest box waste get bagged, sealed, and hauled off your property — not piled behind the run or left in your bins to sit through the week.
The buildup itself is the real work. Droppings compact onto roost bars and board edges into a hard layer that traps moisture and feeds ammonia, and it doesn't sweep off — it has to be scraped down to bare surface. That's the step most services skip, and it's the one that actually resets a coop.
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Chlorhexidine
Veterinary-Grade Disinfecting
For waterers, feeders, roosts, and nest boxes, we use properly diluted chlorhexidine — a broad-spectrum antimicrobial used widely in veterinary practice.
The choice is deliberate. Birds have exceptionally sensitive respiratory systems, and the harsh oxidizing products used on open-air concrete and kennel pads can produce fumes that are genuinely dangerous inside an enclosed coop. We don't bring them anywhere near your flock. Chlorhexidine also stays effective in the presence of organic material, where many household disinfectants lose potency the moment they hit residue.
Every application is diluted to appropriate working strength, given full dwell time, then rinsed and completely dried before birds return.
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Diatomaceous Earth
Mechanical Pest Management
We apply food-grade diatomaceous earth into the places mites and lice actually live — roost joints, seams, cracks in the woodwork, and nest box corners.
DE works mechanically rather than chemically: the microscopic particles abrade and dehydrate soft-bodied pests, so there's nothing for them to build resistance to. Because airborne dust is an irritant to birds and people alike, we apply it deliberately into harborage points rather than dusting it everywhere, and let it settle before the flock returns.
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Sand Service
Sifted Sand Substrate
Sand is the most underrated coop substrate in Utah's climate. It drains, it dries fast, and unlike deep shavings it can be sifted clean instead of hauled out and replaced.
We sift your sand like a litter box — pulling waste while leaving the substrate — then level, refresh, and top off as needed. The result is a drier floor, dramatically less ammonia, and a coop that stays manageable between visits instead of degrading all week.
