It's a horse stall freshener, it dries up poop fast and leaves less dust (at least in my own opinion) than sand. It's compostable and harmless if eaten. It's almost like a kitty litter.
Our small coop (3X5 and a 3X8 run) was painted with love by my 4.5 year old and myself, yes of course she picked out the color! We have 3 girls in there for now, but I can see our chicken family expanding, now how to expand this for next year...;)
I'm pretty new at being a chicken mommy (first flock hatched early March) and I just started using granular sweet pdz in the coop. I must say it's AWESOME so far. Keeps the coop dry, not too dusty and best of all: limits the stink factor. I just use a kitty scooper one a week. The pdz is...