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[TherryChicken]

Buck, what do you do with the wet sand? Do you just leave it and hope it dries or do you get it up, throw it away and put fresh sand or?

 

[Buck Oakes]

We'll see the sand dries by its self even without the sun, if it's hot outside like at all then it dries, when the ducks poop on it the sand will soak it up or it will go through te sand and go immediately down to the bottom, at least that's what I read

 

[TherryChicken]

Really? Will they eat the sand? I would worry about that

 

[hookem horns]

Really? Will they eat the sand? I would worry about that

Ducks have gizzards and need to have sand pebbles and small stones that they can eat to help grind up their food.

 

[TherryChicken]

Oh wow I never knew that. So should I put some sand in their new coop that were building? If so would I need to worry about cleaning it?

 

[hookem horns]

Oh wow I never knew that. So should I put some sand in their new coop that were building? If so would I need to worry about cleaning it?

If you let them free range at all they will find there own grit. Or you can buy it from tsc and most feed stores.

 

[TherryChicken]

Like oyster shells? They cant free range due to my dogs, but their new coop will be larger then what they are in now

 

[Buck Oakes]

I would only fill half the coop up with sand, and the other half with hay , you put there water buckets, water trays, or pools on the sand because the sand will soak up the water while the hay they love to sleep on , but see I I raise mine free range and they never experienced gay so mine just sleep on grass or dirt

 

[TherryChicken]

Buck mine have large dog houses full of hay to rest in. I plan to buy a few more as I now have more ducks

 

[WildWestChick]

Therry osyter shells are good for calcium...but I think you will need something else for grit. Most feed stores sell chicken grit, it's just crushed granite rock.