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[BlueChick62]

Do any of you Floridians use sand as litter for your coop? My coop is small… 4x4 feet and about 4' high… I'm moving my chicks out of the house/brooder and into the coop in a few days… I was thinking about buying sand from ACE and going with that. Any thoughts?

 

[BlueChick62]

I'm planning on a poop board… I only have 4 birds...

 

[sono-chic]

Do any of you Floridians use sand as litter for your coop? My coop is small… 4x4 feet and about 4' high… I'm moving my chicks out of the house/brooder and into the coop in a few days… I was thinking about buying sand from ACE and going with that. Any thoughts?

I switch from shavings to sand last summer because I felt the shavings seemed to harbor flies and had more odor issues. Sand works great. Less odor and I use a small rake to scoop it clean like cat litter. I still use shavings in nest boxes though

 

[Bangarang64]

sand is the way to go.

 

[Runawaylobster]

Do any of you Floridians use sand as litter for your coop? My coop is small… 4x4 feet and about 4' high… I'm moving my chicks out of the house/brooder and into the coop in a few days… I was thinking about buying sand from ACE and going with that. Any thoughts?

it will work well if you have a covered coop that the floor doesn't get wet.. you will be raking the poo out every once in a while..

 

[Flybybirds]

I use sand in my juvenile pens. Makes it a lot easier to clean, check poop on and seems to keep the flies down. Sometimes we toss in hay for them to play in. They make a mess but it is worth it seeing how much fun they have tossing it about. You can purchase sand box sand at home depot if you do not have a source on your property that is pretty clean. We add sand three times a year or more.

 

[Flybybirds]

I have Chocolate Orpington Pullets for sale. Hatch Dates 15-24. We are West of Okeechobee, Florida. Private message me if interested.

 

[joannefiddler]

I'm planning on a poop board… I only have 4 birds...

Check out using "Sweet PDZ" and modify your poop board into a poop tray (just put edges on it). There's a whole thread pn BYC about it. I use it and just love it. It is a desiccant...it pulls the moisture out of the poo and really helps with flies. It's fine to compost. When I don't have time to scoop, I'll at least cover the fresh poo and it takes care of it until I have time to scoop. I have 11 birds and I scoop the tray about once a week. You can get the Sweet PDZ at Tractor Supply. It's primarily sold as a horse stall freshener. Get the granular, not the powder (if they even sell the powder any more).

 

[cmom]

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I use litter in my coops. When it's time to clean out my coops, I use a big shop vac with an extra long hose. We do have a tractor with a front end loader and I empty the vac when it fills up into the front end loader and put it in my compost pile.

 

[BlueChick62]

sand is the way to go. NICE! I am planning in using and in th coop… it's Floirda! The run is sand anyway! your set up looks fantastic!