My hubby is a builder and so I used 6" of red building sand. It's great whilst its dry, they pick the grit from it so no need for oyster shells Eric, but when it gets wet the white ladies get red chests from it. It soon washes off tho and in UK I can pay just £22 for a tonne
I agree with Winterlady AK, Im in the UK and in my part of Wales we have had the most amount of snow I have ever seen, that ontop of rain has made the runs a quagmire but the sand has sorted that out completely. I used 5 inches all over and even though the hens scratch and I rake it, the mud has...