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One thing that can be a problem with hay as bedding is that it's a compost "green", like the manure itself, rather than a compost "brown". Greens are high nitrogen, browns are high carbon. You need some of each to make good compost or to run a good deep litter system. :)

I use wood shavings in my nests. Sometimes mixed with straw or long grass cut from my fenceline in the summer to keep them fluffier. My current, open air coop has Deep Litter composed of coarse wood chips, pine straw, leaf debris, and some straw that I had to buy because we had so many wet...