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From what I have read, you do not need any bedding at all. I choose to put hay in half of their tractor, it retains a little heat for them, and they always chose to be on the hay at night, as opposed to the grass/bare earth...so I can only assume they enjoyed having it. That said, a lot of people have perfectly happy meaties, bedding on good old Mother Earth
(For me, it also made it easier to clean the poo... I raked the hay up, wearing gloves, tossed it in the compost and most, if not all of the poo went with it...and honeslty, tho I want happy chickens, most of my decisions ended up coming down to WHAT MAKES IT EASIER TO CLEAN ALL THAT POO
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-Jessa
From what I have read, you do not need any bedding at all. I choose to put hay in half of their tractor, it retains a little heat for them, and they always chose to be on the hay at night, as opposed to the grass/bare earth...so I can only assume they enjoyed having it. That said, a lot of people have perfectly happy meaties, bedding on good old Mother Earth
(For me, it also made it easier to clean the poo... I raked the hay up, wearing gloves, tossed it in the compost and most, if not all of the poo went with it...and honeslty, tho I want happy chickens, most of my decisions ended up coming down to WHAT MAKES IT EASIER TO CLEAN ALL THAT POO
-Jessa
