Nesting material

[mattv1984]

I've been using pine shavings durring the summer months. Should I switch to straw durring the winter time?

 

[ChickenMammX4]

We use sweet timothy hay year around. I buy it in a bag packaged for small animals at Meijer. It's already cut to a perfect size to fit into the nesting boxes

 

[Mahlzeit]

I currently use straw but once this bale is gone I will be switching over and using hay.

 

[RawhideChicks]

I use Koop Clean and i love it. Chicks seem to also! It's a mix of grasses and contains sweet PDZ. http://www.koopclean.com. My local Ace Hardware ordered it for me. Pricey but it lasts forever!

 

[Hokum Coco]

I've been using pine shavings durring the summer months. Should I switch to straw durring the winter time?

Nest boxes
In my nest boxes I fold a feed bag to fit (nest boxes are 1 ft³). When a bag gets soiled; fold a new one; pop out the soiled; pop in the new. Feed bags are a nylon mesh bag.
Frozen poop just peels off in below freezing temperatures and just flakes off in summer when left out in the sun to bake and dry.

I have 66 trips around the sun it is the best method I have stumbled upon.

Make sure the twine is removed from the open end of the bag it can get tangled around your birds.



I hold the bag in place with these paper binders.

Easy Peasy Japaneasy