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  1. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth I use it, but I'm not 100% that it does anything. Some people say it helps dry the poop, and cuts down on bugs. I have the same amount of bugs as I usually do, and the poop doesn't seem to be any dryer than with out it. I'll finish the bag; but...
  2. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I guess mine would be considered masonry sand. I don't know. I get it from a place that sells rock for rock/stone walls (and other projects) I'm in the southeast; where the temps stay warm for most of the year...Ok, HOT during the summer. :-) The sand stays cool, in the shade, and they do love...
  3. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    During the garden season I'll dump the sand in a part of the garden that isn't going to be burned by the poop. (A bare spot) then in the fall, we till it in. Then all winter we just keep dumping the buckets into the garden. Come spring we till and get ready for planting. Weekly scooping the...
  4. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I've tried 3 times to upload a picture. I'm sorry, it isn't working. I'll keep trying.
  5. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    I live in SC. Our soil is rock hard clay. I just dump it into my garden. The combination of chicken poop and sand helps the garden tremendously. I don't ever get rid of all the sand. After a while it gets sifted out to the point where the sand is low enough that the clay starts to be seen. I try...
  6. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    Smaller than 1/4 my husband said. Here's a picture to help. I hope it helps anyway.
  7. mrscluckingham

    Anyone use SAND in the run/coop

    We bought an inexpensive shovel and my husband drilled holes in it. Looks like a giant kitty litter scoop. Works great. Easier on the back with not needing to bend so low. Except, shaking a shovel back and forth is hard on the back after a while. I guess you trade one for the other. Our girls...
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