sand in the brooder?

[SimplySplendidSilkies]

I have sand in the brooder and the run I love it and so do my Chicks. I clean every morning with kitty litter scoop. I have shaving in the coop for those cool nights.

 

[noodleroo]

Well, right or wrong, I put some sand from my backyard in a little shallow dish in my brooder. The chicks are week old and the floor is pine bedding. They love the sand. I figure that if they were outside with a momma hen they'd be eating and playing in it anyway. They scratch in it, peck in it and some settle down to sleep in it. I guess its like a little treat for them.

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

I need to ask this of all that are affraid of them eating sand.
Do you feed your chicks grit?
What do you think the sand is, So why be affraid of them eating Grit=Sand?