Runs & Sand...A WARNING!!!

[pamperedpoultry]

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Thats what I thought to, I had been thinking of doing sand in our runs. Is there anything bad about sand in the runs??

 

[SimplyForties]

Hi PP, there's not a thing wrong with it. It's great! It drains well and is very easy to clean. I think it's the perfect chicken "flooring".

 

[LovinMyHensInNC!]

Good work

. I just put sand in my very large coop last weekend and still feeling the pain! I laugh at my "city" friends who spend oodles of money going to the gym everyday! I get a FREE workout everyday in my backyard

 

[pamperedpoultry]

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HMMMMM I think I'm goin to move my chain link pens and do them in sand and my other 2 runs. I have a few other small coops with 3X6 runs but there small enough if they get too muddy i can just move them, Think the next pretty day me and the DH will be makin a trip to the rock quarry for some sand. Well when we get a truck goin, he wrecked his and hasn't got it fixed completely yet and my fuel injector pump (that he was driving) went out yesterday..ugh!!

 

[pamperedpoultry]

one more thing, how thick does it need to be??

 

[obxWaMi]

Our coop and run are only a month old and I can't get over how 6 chickens completely eliminated every blade of grass and every evidence of roots in there. Glad to find the post because I was wondering what would be best to "fix" the situation with. We were debating sand or pine bark. I was wondering about the depth of the sand as well. And what kind of sand to ask the landscapers for exactly.

 

[DawnSuiter]

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Try this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=11374-sand-for-your-coops

 

[Chicken Fruit]

We just buy sand by the dump truck load when we need it. its about 120 bucks for a full size tandem dump truck load. Not bad. lol.

 

[Bridget399]

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Oh, I will. The problem is that it's dark when I leave in the mornings & it's dark when I get home. So it will have to be this weekend before I can be out in the daylight! LOL

Oh and

about YOUR runs, LOL

LOL! I'm doing my run and coop today... I'm not laughing now!

 

[cherylcohen]

Link above says to use construction sand, I used playground sand based on other byc recommendations. What is the current consensus?