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TheBantyCoop
Songster
Huge fan of dried grass. In my case that means hay. It's a natural nesting material that beds together, if soiled I flip it over. Actually can be flipped back and forth a few times and eggs stay clean. Unless you've a bird roosting in the nest very little soiling goes on so by the time it needs a flip the other side has dried and most flaked to bottom of nest box.
Basically I use what is cheap and on hand. Hay we use in winter for ice cover so there is always a open bale on hand and first cut hay aka mulch hay is cheap. Seconds as your seed and mulch if the birds tear up a spot in your yard too. I use pine shavings in the coop.
We use sweet Timothy hay, I buy it in the pet dept., cut & bagged for small animals. Fits perfect in the nesting boxes.
Thanks to the both of you! Hay was my go to nest box material, until I realized that I'm allergic to it....