Do Chicken coops smell?

the coops don't smell too much - usually they smell of the bedding.

after lots of rain the run does whiff a bit though...mud and poo do not make an appealing cocktail (its def. not a pina colada!  ).

we have slabbed our runs and its made a massive difference. we hose down the run area once a week and wash everything away...it all runs into the soil and we all know that chicken poo is a fab fertiliser so thats another bonus. plus the foxes have never been so frustrated! 

our brahmas and cochins are much happier and we just grow grass in shallow troughs for them so that they still get to scratch around - not to mention the free ranging they get daily.

I've changed mine today & sprayed a dilute mix of essential oils (lavender & pine - friendly for animals) in water around their sleeping quarters/in the bedding. It makes it smell great. The bugs don't like the smell either.

I didnt say I dont like it. Just the BUGS. 

Did you not know you heathen that witches pixie dust works??? 

lindeggs may give that one a go with the pine needles 

My coop doesn't smell, I use featherbed bedding manufactured for horse stables, this breaks down as it gets wet and the girls love to scratch around in it.  The hen house is poo picked everyday.  Our girls are by the backdoor, and the patio slabs get a good scrub with jeyes fluid every day during the summer to keep flies at bay.  Sounds like a lot of work but its all down to routine - go for it!!