Chicken Bedding: Our Top 5 Picks for a Comfy Coop
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2023
- Welcome to another insightful video from The Happy Chicken Coop!
This time, we're looking at one of the crucial aspects of chicken care - their bedding.
With so many options available, finding the best choice can feel overwhelming.
In this video, we simplify the task by presenting our Top 5 Choices for Chicken Bedding.
We will guide you through the pros and cons of each option, from straw and wood shavings to sand and more.
Whether you're a seasoned poultry keeper or a newbie, this video will help you ensure the comfort and cleanliness of your coop.
So sit back, relax, and let's create the coziest haven for your feathered friends!
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No lie my bidding is just Mode grass That's been sitting Baking in the sun Until its Crunchy Works well and I've had no problems for years
Fantastic idea. I use this for my pepper mulch.
I like wood chips, and if you have any use for a chipper, they make great bedding at no extra cost. I live on ten acres and we have many fruit trees. We frequently use our small wood chipper and the chicken bedding is a nice free bonus.
Love the straightforward information. I'll use the information when I start mi flock this spring
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I’m my chicken run I love pine pellets and in the coop I use the deep litter method.
Deep litter with a mix of straw , dried tree leaves, and shavings. Under the roost with sand and Zeolite. I use kitty litter scoop every other day there. Deep litter change twice a year .
In the nest box is dried lawn clippings and pine needles
You didn't mention hemp! That is one of the best materials, more absorbent and odor resistent than shavings! People do use the deep litter method with it. I used it for my rats and love it!
Hemp shavings? Is that very expensive where you are? I haven't seen any here but then again I have not been actively looking for it
I was thinking the same. Everything I am seeing it doesn’t give a cubic foot measurement and it seems expensive. Although it is a fast renewable beneficial crop.
Hemp is expensive. Especially with deep litter. (Best used economically with a smaller flock), but a 50/50 blend of hemp and pine shavings helps a lot. Low dust, smell, great absorption and after removing is a quicker compostable material.
I use large pine shavings for the brooder and the coop
The gas-off is toxic to chickens I'd avoid it in the brooder
And another problem with straw. I got bales from my local hardware store infested with straw itch mites. I have a hypersensitivity reaction to the buggers and the bites become large painful, intensely itchy blisters taking 4 to 6 weeks to heal. I cleared my second infestation this year
after I tried a different source of straw. Using wood shavings now.
I’ve been trying the deep litter. It’s great with smell. But you say leave a small layer for the microbes and use the rest as compost. I’m cleaning my shavings out now and it’s still just shavings speckled with chicken poo. No microbes that I can tell.
I like pine large shavings. I rake and scoop poo every day. Especially in warm weather. In winter I put up to 6 inches of large flakes. And just remove the top layer of poo and turn it.
I read that pine shavings are toxic to chickens so maybe not esp in the brooder
@@glintinggold never have had a problem.
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What about sawdust
I do use sand in a tray under their roosts and shavings on the floor at about 4” deep and use the deep litter method. I changed the litter after 2 years, granted they don’t poop a lot in the coop and it’s more out in the run and out in the grassy fenced in area.
Have you ever added Biochar to your deep litter
Be careful using large flake shavings for chick brooders. We once lost a chick overnight that got a large flake lodged in it's beak and it expired within a few hours. This has prompted us to check on our chicks as often as we would a newborn child ever since. We use pine shavings in the coop and sand base with straw cover in outside runs. The deep litter method inside the coop is only implemented in the winter when it's cold enough to freeze here in Wisconsin, but we rake, scrape and muck out coop and runs every two weeks at the longest to keep amonia level practically non-existent. Even though we free range our girls, anything less just doesn't work for us.
The sand can rot your chicken coop floor to im looking for new ways i was using pine shaving but my chickens were getting respiratory infections so i quit using it
I can’t figure out how they are moving my rocks from the bed and spread out in the yard and o. My patio. They are bigger than my fist.
Note that deep litter does not work in a small coop. My coop is designed for just 3 hens and does not have the space for a deep litter.
Sure it does. I have been using deep litter in my brooding pen which is around 1.5 feet by 2.5 feet. I have had five chicks in there for around two months while they develop their feathers and I just sprinkle new shavings on top once a week or so. You just need to replace the bedding when you start smelling the amonia smell.
@@carljensen5730 But with deep litter you should not be smelling ammonia. I use it in my run and I never smell ammonia. I scrap out the litter only once a year (after our wet winters) to start again. Deep litter means the carbon (bedding) and the nitrogen (poo) are creating a beautiful compost.