California - Northern

[ronott1]

Eggs!

Two days worth:

 

[kmollyhughes]

anyone use sand as litter in their coops? im thinking of switching to it but id like opinions

I use sand in two of my five coops. LOVE it! Really easy to clean.

 

[EZFarms]

i hate wood chips. they become so messy with alot of birds

 

[TheKeeper]

Eggs! Two days worth:

Nice!

 

[kmollyhughes]

I don't mind the pine shavings. As long as you have poop boards the coops stay pretty clean. In my smallest coop I just rake up pine needles and use those. It's just a breeder coop and the birds only go in to lay. Also super easy. And free! (Not that my sand isn't too...) lol. My sand coops have the most birds by far. Around 40 birds each.

 

[EZFarms]

in my coop right now i have... 17? ish idk

 

[kmollyhughes]

Poop boards under your roost?

 

[EZFarms]

no but im going to install them tomorrow i need a full clean out of my coop today and atm for litter i have pineshavings and pineneedles

 

[kmollyhughes]

The poop boards will help tremendously. Great if you garden. Plus, I always have people willing to come get whatever I don't use on cleaning days. Bedding won't be an issue once they aren't pooping all night on the floor.

 

[EZFarms]

hopefully ill be changing to sand if everything works right