What to put on ground of chicken run?

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From what I've been reading here, I'm definitely gonna try and get sand,
Would it work well for bedding under a roost of 30+ hens? Believe me, they poop a lot over night, this spring I'm fixing up their coop (changing roosts and a huge clean out) and the bedding they have is not working... ( old wood shavings, dirt and poop is what they have right now)
 
I have a 20x10 run...It has a nearly half buried 2x18 on the bottom of the run. I was thinking of putting down 4-5 inches of a crusher mix or gravel and then throwing some course sand on top (maybe another 4-6 inches) Was even hoping to put river stone in...what do you all think? Should I not bother with the gravel?
 
KFaye said:
I love sand. Also made a strainer. Cut opening on bottom of a bucket. Lined it with hardware cloth. I shovel sand/poop in and it sifts the sand back on the floor. Then dump poop in bucket and pile it in a compost bin. I call the mixture CSS (Chicken **** and Sand) my neighbors love it and put it in their gardens.
Once in a while the girls "sunroom" gets flooded on one end. I lay down a layer of stall pellets (saw dust pellets for horse stalls) it absorbs the water and when dried out it is just saw dust I mix into the ground. It is called the sunroom because I have a long addition with the southern side wall all plexiglass so it is sunny and warmer in the winter. :)
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this sounds amazing. Could you post some pictures by chance! A chicken sun sounds like just what my girls need!
 
tantricdragon13 said:
Thanks! That Nifty Sifter looks like a great idea. As I will be going in with sand, I'll have to build one for myself.
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Thats a pretty handy dandy sifter, thanks for the pic. Now what do you use for litter in your deep litter method?
 

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