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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    JRabbit90, What a cool coop! I love the green color and the natural wood. Your chicks at 4 weeks are beautiful.... very big and healthy looking. And it sounds like they have done well with the sand. That is great to know. Thank you for posting a picture. I will say that the sand is much...
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    Chicken canoe. Thank you for your post also. I watched them a good part of the morning and then checked in them frequently as a precaution after reading your experience.
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    24 hour update: thank you to everyone who gave helpful input. Much appreciated. The chicks recovered in their old brooder box overnight. In the morning I tried again when they seemed fresh. It worked! The only change I made to the new box was adding a large piece of cardboard over half the...
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    Hmmm.... Do they typically lay for a long time on their sides with a dust bath? Maybe this is normal for chicks.
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    In the smaller box, the 5 chicks are now doing fine. No more falling over and laying there like they are about to die. Is that what chicks do when they are stressed? Would the sand have stressed them out or do they fall over if they overeat "grit/sand". Blooie, when the chicks arrived...
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    One more thing. The sand was still a bit damp. Could they have gotten too cold?
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    JRabbit90, did you wash the sand first? Jesusfreak101, they were vaccinated which is why I think I lost so many at first. But I have a friend who has 70 down the road and he lost half his flock to Marek's Disease so I chose to do it. Their feed is organic from Coyote Creek and their water...
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    ALL PURPOSE SAND for 4 week old chickens........ FALLING OVER AND LAYING ON THEIR SIDE!

    I just moved my 5 chicks to a larger brooder box with sand. The sand is Quikrete ALL PURPOSE SAND. It was recommended by an employee at Lowe's who uses it with his chickens. The chicks loved it at first. They pecked, scratched, and nestled in it for 30 minutes. Then, my strongest, top two...
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