Sand Coop Help

[Shaycres]

Hello! It's been a year since I constructed my coop and I think I want to transition to a sand coop. I tried the deep litter method and it is simply not working for me; it's disgusting, smelly, and expensive.
The reason I want to move to a sand coop is pretty straight forward: the soil composition where I live is virtually all sand. So in other words, I can get sand for free. However, I am posting pictures to ensure the sand will be safe for the girls. I would assume so, since they already are exposed to it every day when they free range and I don't think anyone has ever had an impacted crop. I also have some leftover river sand from extracting clay. Would something like this be all right?

Bonus Question: how do I properly seal the foundation of my coop? It's 2x4s sitting on slightly unlevel concrete.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I can’t speak for sealing the foundation, but I personally use coffee grounds (more or less the same concept of sand) in my coop because, just as you experienced, deep litter just wasn’t working. I scoop everything daily. Just don’t get the sand wet, scoop it, and you’ll be fine!

 

[Shaycres]

Thanks for the advice! Only problem with that idea is my coop is 8'×10' so that's a lot of coffee grounds

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Thanks for the advice! Only problem with that idea is my coop is 8'×10' so that's a lot of coffee grounds

I am building a 10x20 coup and am frantically collecting coffee grounds from Starbucks. I'm not sure it's obtainable at that scale but we shall see I guess! I only get maybe a gallon sized container from them daily which I can't understand why I'm not getting more??

 

[Shaycres]

I am building a 10x20 coup and am frantically collecting coffee grounds from Starbucks. I'm not sure it's obtainable at that scale but we shall see I guess! I only get maybe a gallon sized container from them daily which I can't understand why I'm not getting more??

Maybe a whole bunch of people have the same idea as you

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Maybe a whole bunch of people have the same idea as you

That thought would at least make me feel less weird for being handed bags of coffee "garbage" to my car at the drive through...