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I buy the sand by the yard from a place in my town. They get it from the bank of a lake near by so it is clean (to the best of my knowledge). Maybe you can find a more natural source than play sand. The problem with play sand is that it's a mixture of several components that might have some...

My problem is ants, millions of them. I tried deep litter before but it just got to the point that ants took over every single inch. Maybe it's just in the area I live. We get 105F in the summer and about 80-95% humidity

The parasites are brought in by animals. Animals get attracted by organic debries, things like food scraps, feed and poop, left over treats, etc. Mice are always around when you have chickens, so it's important to do your best to keep them out. I don't have a problem with deep litter, however I...

My husband designed a "scooper" to pick up poop in the runs by sifting it. We bought a duster at the hardware store ( the one that comes with a broom) we cut off a big hole at the bottom and stapled hardware cloth (smaller than 1/4 of an inch to catch the small poop) I go around the run and pick...

Clean coops and clean runs is the best way to prevent external parasites. In my 10 years of keeping chickens, I've had lice twice and the infestation wasn't bad in both cases. The lice were brought in by wild birds. If you let your flock out, it's important to keep an eye on them all the time...