Pics Of Uncovered Sand Run After Rain (UPDATED AFTER 12 INCHES OF RAIN - POST 1)

[ChickensAreSweet]

Oh I love the way your chicken yard looks with the sand! I love to see their little footprints!!

I am a lover of sand too- I use it in my coops and pour it every year around the coop entrances and around the waterers (wherever it is muddy).

Nice clean feet for your chickies!!!! They are loving it I am sure!


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[6henslvr]

Oh my gosh! my girls are 20+ weeks old and their run is all dirt, and every time it rains it gets smelly and then they want to play in the mud and get all dirty.

so i was just wondering if it was at all possible to use sand in my run and then i found this! thank you soooo much, i just found my answer! (P.S, how much did it cost to buy all that sand??? and I didn't read all the posts so sorry if anyone already asked that)

yay!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Looks great!

I have some sand but not a whole lot. I need to put boards along the edge of the run to keep the sand from washing away.

Oh yes, boards are definitely needed. Good luck.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Kuntrygirl what do you keep your ducks on? I have 3 that I plan on putting with my chickens who are on sand (which I love) but when I tried them on sand in their pen it was impossible to clean cause the sand was wet and all caked up. So now I have paper towels on top of the sand which helps but I can't put paper towels down when they go in the barn.

The ducks are on sand as well. As of right now, I have 4 sets of mama and ducklings(with one group having a total of 11 ducks - 1 mama and 10 ducklings) on sand and it is working perfect. Not wet and not cacked up. What type of sand are you using? How thick is your sand? Let's try to see what's going on with your sand.

 

[kbh82310]

The ducks are on sand as well. As of right now, I have 4 sets of mama and ducklings(with one group having a total of 11 ducks - 1 mama and 10 ducklings) on sand and it is working perfect. Not wet and not cacked up. What type of sand are you using? How thick is your sand? Let's try to see what's going on with your sand.

It's washed play sand from Home Depot. It's about 1" thick maybe a little more. They are in a big playpen/dog crate right now cause they are only 11 days old so I couldn't put to much down or it will fall out the sides. And I'm using a gallon water jug with a hole cut in it so they can dunk their heads.