What color is your D.E.?

[Chicka-boom Chicka-boom]

I bought my first bag of Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth last week (newbie) and sprinkled some in the coop and the run. Last night while reading up on D.E. and its uses the article referred to the D.E. as being white in color. This surprised me because my D.E. is grayish-brownish in color. The article said that D.E. comes in other colors, such as grayish-brownish, but this D.E. has a higher clay content. So my question is this: although the bag of D.E. I purchased is supposed to be "food grade", should I continue to use it around my chickens or should I buy a bag of white D.E. for the hens and use this grayish D.E. for other purposes around the yard? Is the clay content harmful to my hens?

Thanks for your advice!

 

[jeremy]

Mine has always only been white.

 

[KDK1]

Mine has always been white... Don't know about grey/brown

 

[Wisher1000]

I have the reddish brown/gray also. It has been fine.

 

[NonnasBabies]

Mines a grayish color!!

 

[ThinkingChickens]

My smaller bags are white but the big bag at our feed store is gray/brown. Either should be fine as long as they are marked food grade.

 

[ninabeast]

I just bought my first DE, and it is grey-brown. And food grade.

 

[babigyrl22]

Mine is grey/brown. I am thinking that you bought the Red Lake Earth brand?

I found the answer here:
"grey is that it contains montmorillonite, a clay known for its absorbent qualities that is made from a very soft group of minerals" http://absorbentproductsltd.wordpre...s-pool-grade-diatomaceous-earth-the-dl-on-de/

 

[bluebird]

Mine is also white.

 

[BookWorm243]

Mine has alway been white.