There would be no need to hit me upside the head with the new-fangled idea of using sand in my coop or run, as it wouldn't work.
(The head slap, that is.)
I've been raising healthy birds on chopped hay and shavings for over 40 years, and my lovely compost that I clean out only a couple of times annually is the perfect addition to my productive raised garden beds. Any poop on my coop boots gets scraped or washed off before I get to the mudroom.
There's just something unnatural about seeing a laid egg on sand, sorry. And sand wouldn't give me my compost. Glad it works for you, though.
I've been raising healthy birds on chopped hay and shavings for over 40 years, and my lovely compost that I clean out only a couple of times annually is the perfect addition to my productive raised garden beds. Any poop on my coop boots gets scraped or washed off before I get to the mudroom.
There's just something unnatural about seeing a laid egg on sand, sorry. And sand wouldn't give me my compost. Glad it works for you, though.