Bank run sand okay?

[MEMama3]

Is bank run sand okay for the run? From what I understand from Google, it have various sized pieces of sand, not uniform size like play sand. I also don't believe its been "washed". At only $7 a yard it seems like a great material to use.

 

[Kelsie2290]

If you can, I would go and look at it. We get it for the driveway or barn sometimes and it can be fairly nice and clean where I wouldn't have a problem using it in a coop or run, or it can be full of clay mud type stuff and absolutely filthy.

 

[Kernel Cluck]

That is what I used. In this area its called "torpedo sand". I use it in the hen house instead of shavings or straw and I surrounded the coop with it. The girls can also use it as grit. Make sure its clean and all sand. No dirt. Go for it. You wont regret it.

 

[MEMama3]

Thanks so much! I'll go see it in person tomorrow.

 

[MEMama3]

Another question (maybe w silly one). Is it a cubic yard they sell it in when they say $7/yrd? If so, 1 yard seems sufficient for my 6'x8' run, correct?

 

[Kelsie2290]

We buy it by the ton around here and usually figure stone at somewhere between 1.5-2 tons per cubic yard. So I would assume that 1 yard should be plenty for that size run. But I would check to be sure that cubic yard is what they mean, for all I know somebody somewhere is selling it like carpet.