Help With Sand Run

[purplespice]

First time chicken owner. We have a covered area that gets no direct rain but will occasionally get water from runoff or wind blown rain. Our run has a concrete floor that we put sand down. The sand is from old sand bags that we had for hurricanes. The chickens seem to like it but in less than a week the sand smells awful. Some of the sand did get wet but I don't know how sand wouldn't get wet. Any suggestions on how to make the sand work? Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Isaac 0]

Hi, there!

Could you post a picture of your setup?

 

[3KillerBs]

That is the basic problem with sand runs.

Unlike deep litter, the poop doesn't break down -- it just sits there in the sand until it gets wet and rots.

Sand runs have to be kept perfectly dry in order to work.