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Good morning. As this thread rarely sees much visitor traffic, might I suggest you also post on the main thread. I might get in trouble for that suggestion but I doubt the FL thread only will yield much response. Good luck finding a home for her.
 
Good morning. As this thread rarely sees much visitor traffic, might I suggest you also post on the main thread. I might get in trouble for that suggestion but I doubt the FL thread only will yield much response. Good luck finding a home for her.
Thank you so much!!!!!
 
Hi fellow Floridians! (Hope you're all coping well with these temps 🥶)
Coop question for you all...
We're working (slowly) towards finishing a new mini barn/coop and I'm trying to decide which way to go with the coop floor cover material. I've heard sand works well with the humidity and am considering trying it instead of deep litter. The new coop is 7x12 walk-in with plywood floor (poop boards will be incorporated).

Has anyone had success with sand?
 
Hello fellow Floridian, we tried sand - adding sand to the sand ground base made sense - the humidity keeps it wet all the time and after a rain it smells bad. Drains well of course but holds moisture. Not much for the girls to scratch through.

We then tried Coastal hay - don't waste your time or money, this is even worse with moisture and smell.

Our run is open air and covered all the time with a tarp. We ultimately ended up with the deep litter method. It is much better - no smell - not as many flies, hardly any at all. The poop gets composted much better, less work than sand to keep the run clean. We pick up the feces that we see on top that doesn't get composted into the mix. We use a mixture of oak mulch (some store bought and some from decaying tree logs in the yard), dried leaves, compost dirt and pine pellets like used in horse stalls. The pellets absorb moisture and eventually breaks down into saw dust. The girls scratch through it all the time and their feet stay dry. Sand never dried out for us.
 


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