You've sold me... sand is in! Pics!

[mmaddie's mom]

1400 lbs. of sand later...

Never used sand before so I hope it's as good as y'all say!

to see the whole project go to...

www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59359

 

[dwegg]

wow..you even put sand in the nesting boxes? interesting...I too put sand in on the weekend because of this site...

 

[mmaddie's mom]

It'll never look this clean again.

 

[Ole rooster]

Looks good. I put wheat straw and pine straw in the nesting boxes. Something about the pine straw they seem to like. It's to pokey for me. I reckon they don't feel it.

 

[chicmom]

I am thinking to do the same, except I think they need some nice straw in the nesting boxes.......

 

[kuntrygirl]

 

[quietlyscheming]

I'm debating on using sand in my Playhouse Coop Conversion. My wife gardens though, and I like the idea of being able to placate my wife with compost now and then (Deep Litter).

What type of sand do you use and where can you get it?

 

[gmendoza]

Quote:
probably got hard butts.

I put pine shavings in their nesting boxes.My hens have soft sensitive butts.

 

[JoePa]

I've always used sand - you get the right kind it even provides the needed grit - I took a rake and wired some hardware cloth to it and use it to clean the run - it rakes up the poop without any sand - so it's good to go into the garden - in the coop itself I took a large dust pan and drilled holes in it - I sift the sand through the holes to collect the poop - it is a lot better if you keep the sand dry if you can - why you would use anything but sand - I don't know - JoePa