I live in waaaaaaaaay-Southern Ohio where the humidity level is never below forty-five percent. We get a LOT of rain, snow, and dense fog, so it’s always wet. And we have sand in the coop and covered run. We buy ours by the 14-ton dumptruck load from the local quarry. It’s natural, washed, coarse grain, river sand. You’ll want to look for coarse grain sand with lots of different sizes. It should look like this:Please tell me what kind of sand? I'm so confused. I have read to use the sand used in kids sandboxes, I've read no, not that kind. Also, is it a good insulator. I am on Long Island in NY?
As long as it’s in the shade, it stays cool in the summer. In the winter, it’s the same temp as the ground, except in the coop where it feels a bit warmer. I use a long handled wok skimmer to scoop poop. Takes me about ten minutes, twice a day, to keep up with twelve big poopers.