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    Straw or hay for nest boxes- preference?

    I purchase straw and mix it with pine needles, which I rake out of the yard and pile in the chicken yard. They scratch around in it for fun (I guess !). The pine needles really help any smell in the coop. I have straw in half my nests and pine needles in the other half. Since they're not...
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    Straw or hay for nest boxes- preference?

    Since I live in a geographical area called the Pine Barrens I have access to a LOT of pine needles from white pine trees, which are pretty long for pine needles. Since we also choose to cover our septic each year to insulate it we have leftover straw from that each year. We don't use all of...
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