Help me with sand!!

[RJSchaefer]

All I can find is "play sand" or "tube sand" (which my husband tells me is the same as play sand, but in a convenient tube).

I can't find coarse or construction sand anywhere. I've checked Menards, Farm & Fleet, Home Depot and Lowes.

Do I want "leveling sand"? "Pool filter sand"? "Paver base sand"?

 

[cstronks]

For what? A run? It makes no difference? If you are looking to level for foundation then you want leveling sand...otherwise anything works in the run. I've used play sand, all-purpose sand, quiksand - it s all the same.

Construction sounds a bit too coarse though. My birds dustbathe in it, and it sounds pretty rough. Not sure they would like that.

 

[c2chicks]

My experience with tube sand is that it is more coarse than play sand. I prefer the sand that is more coarse in the run. I find that it's plenty dusty for them to enjoy a "bath" and I like the grit. In my area (NE Ohio), I find the coarse sand drains better. Construction, tube, all purpose...they are all pretty much the same. Its only the "play" that is very fine.

 

[chfite]

I used river sand from the landscaping company. It is coarser than what you think of when you think of sand. It was $35 a yard, so much cheaper. The chickens seem to enjoy it and take dust baths in it. For the most part, sand is sand. I would go with the cheap stuff.

I just shovel it into the run, and let the chickens level it for me.

Chris