What makes a chicken coop easy to live with?

[Dizzy-Deb]

I am looking for something can use inside my WIR until the roof is fixed and less flooding/leaking soaking of the inside.

 

I have used woodchips before but having devil of a job getting any of late. Tried some stray (girls love it) but it gets soggy so quickly and looks really manky after a bit. No point in trying aubiose or similar product as with the leaky roof just going to get soaked.

 

I was wondering if used some sand, would it be safe for the girls, would it absord some of the water and help in absorbing some of the poos etc so make poo picking easier.

 

At the moment the slabs are looking a yucky mess, despite me s"Ooops, word censored!"ping and sweeping up. What do you think ? thanks xx

[Lewis]

The chickens would be fine with sand, but I think it'd just get soggy and even harder to clean out than straw/aubiose

 

What about using wood chip so the water will drain away?