Loving the sand bath

[GinaNew York]

In our coop we use pine shavings and have a three foot square sand box by the pop door to help dry out wet feet. Some of the birds love dust bathing in the sand so much we picked up an old tire at mavis and filled it with sand. Theres 200 lbs of sand in this tire and i mixed in poultry dust .

 

[N F C]

Looks like your girl in the 1st picture is enjoying herself!

 

[AllenK RGV]

In our coop we use pine shavings and have a three foot square sand box by the pop door to help dry out wet feet. Some of the birds love dust bathing in the sand so much we picked up an old tire at mavis and filled it with sand. Theres 200 lbs of sand in this tire and i mixed in poultry dust . View attachment 1172915 View attachment 1172919

I'm thinking I'll give this a go, I have quite a few old tires the previous owner of the property "gifted" me. I dumped sand down in the run previously, but it just incorporated itself into my clay when wet soil.

 

[GinaNew York]

I read that some chickens love sand and some ignore it, so i figuered this way it wont get soaked in the rain and it would be cleaner. Its really heavy to put in a raised coup too. I stirred in the garden and poultry dust.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Mine seem to love at least digging down into the dirt and sanding a tiny bit. We looked at the tide tables for tomorrow so are going to the beach with our dogs to collect the sand. As the tides are perfect after 11AM perfect meaning we will know how much of the beach is driveable and don't have to worry about our road in getting flooded. Also sunny and 82 will be a nice break from this cool front that saw us turning the heater on.

 

[GinaNew York]

Sounds wonderful, wish i could join you. Im in ny and were having bad storms with wibds and potential flash flooding depending on tides

 

[AllenK RGV]

Sounds wonderful, wish i could join you. Im in ny and were having bad storms with wibds and potential flash flooding depending on tides

Yes, I looked on the weather channel and had to look up the term "Bombogenesis" on wikipedia that they used to describe your storms. Stay safe and keep your chickens safe too with those strong winds.

 

[GinaNew York]

Trying, that bombogenesis is scary

 

[AllenK RGV]

Trying, that bombogenesis is scary

Well the dogs enjoyed it and the beach was quite driveable we were looking across the river at Mexico before we even realized we had made it that far. We filled up a coleman cooler but it wasn't 200 pounds as my wife and I managed to get it in the back of the car. Guess I'll find a smaller tire and give it a go.

 

[GinaNew York]

it's amazing how much sand a tire can hold so when you place it, do it thinking of where it will live forever - ours took 4 sandbags that were over 50 lbs each to fill the insides and up to the top - I mixed in the poultry dust every few inches when we poured it in - glad the beach was great - any pics?