I think we will stick with sand for now. If the floor gets too cold I guess I could use our heat lamp or Add something over the sand(they will eat that too). Our 3.5x8 coop is very well insolated and ventilated and our 8x10 covered run is 100% weatherproof and also well ventilated. Its at least...
this is the "biggest" kind available here. We use it for the nest boxes. They wont eat it in the nest boxes but as soon as some gets on the coops floor they will eat it.
We used to use pine shaving for bedding in our coop. Our 4 hens wouldnt stop eating it so we switched to sand a few weeks ago and we LOVE it. Its now so easy to keep the coop clean and it looks like the girls enjoy it way better than pine shavings. They spend hours dust bathing! BUT I noticed...