If it were me, I’d add a bunch of natural, washed, coarse grain river sand from my local quarry on top of the finer stuff - just so your Flockers get some coarse grains mixed in. They’ll mix everything up with their scratching and dust bathing, so it’s all good! Oh yeah, and I’d also “have my head examined!” Glad you’re okay.
Here’s what our sand looks like:
We have nasty clay soil, so hubby just dug down six inches or so, built a frame of 2” by 12” boards, put it all together and filled it with the sand. Now it stays dry and loose all year long. The roof is metal, except for the last eight feet. That’s covered with a reinforced tarp supported by a pvc frame that’s like a half circle.
I leave the tarp up all year but remove the plastic siding. Works well to keep everything nice and dry.
Here’s what our sand looks like:
We have nasty clay soil, so hubby just dug down six inches or so, built a frame of 2” by 12” boards, put it all together and filled it with the sand. Now it stays dry and loose all year long. The roof is metal, except for the last eight feet. That’s covered with a reinforced tarp supported by a pvc frame that’s like a half circle.
I leave the tarp up all year but remove the plastic siding. Works well to keep everything nice and dry.
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