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what is considered hot? we might get two 90 degree days in the year. sometimes a week of 80's but normally 50-70 during the dayI would avoid sand in run that is exposed to the elements. It makes a mess of your chickens' feet if it freezes. Also, if you have a clay soil and you mix in sand and lime (chicken poo)....and then it bakes in the sun on a hot day....
I like the deep litter method for my run. I do use coarse sand in my coop.
anything that is sitting in the sun most of the day, I would say 70's and up. That's how bricks and cob houses were made. I do use straw and occasional lime in my clay soil, but the lime doesn't go in until the straw has decomposed enough to build up a nice, several inches deep loam that mitigates the clay aspect of my natural soilwhat is considered hot? we might get two 90 degree days in the year. sometimes a week of 80's but normally 50-70 during the day
Since you've had some muck issues some form of litter is needed, just not sure how well your available options will work. If the bulk shavings or sawdust aren't too expensive (and you have somewhere to put it if it doesn't work out), they may still be worth trying. They might need more maintenance or routine replacement, but if nothing else you'll eventually get compost out of it.so sounds like neither will work, so might as well leave it how it is? i dont have yard trimmings, or shavings. still on the waitlist for shavings which is hard to get around here right now and im not buying bagged shavings for the run.
You know your environment better than I do, obviously, but hay and straw are quite different. Hay molds, straw generally doesn't.i dont think straw would work, when the goats waste some hay from the feeder it gets moldy within a few days. then it stinks if i dont get it cleaned up