Nesting box filler: what do you use?

[Henriettamom919]

I was using care fresh bedding but it's pricey so I started just filling them with pine shavings and hay. Recently I was gifted a sack of orchard hay and swapped out a fist full of that on top of pine shavings. Not only does it smell amazing but unlike most changes my girls loved it. I catch them munching on it while doing their laying biz.

Think it would be worth buying when I run out? What do you use?

 

[cavemanrich]

I use hay, as bedding in coop and in nest box. Alfalfa, or Timothy is what is available in my area.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and

 

[PotatoHead]

I’ve used both Timothy Hay, which the ladies seem to like better, and pine shavings, which I like better because the eggs stay cleaner.

 

[LaLonnie Nelson]

I use sand , with pine shavings and then a plastic nesting pad!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I use these nesting pads. I really like them. I got them after my girls kept kicking out the shavings. My girls can still scratch them around and shape them, but nothing falls out. I haven't had to change any out yet (though I did when I did spring cleaning!). It's just another option.

 

[Henriettamom919]

I use these nesting pads. I really like them. I got them after my girls kept kicking out the shavings. My girls can still scratch them around and shape them, but nothing falls out. I haven't had to change any out yet (though I did when I did spring cleaning!). It's just another option.
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These are VERY cool! I've never seen those before! I don't really have to clean my boxes either; I just did recently as part of spring cleaning/preventative maintenance. Actually, mine are such good girls that they hardly even poop off the roost overnight

Makes for some really glorious morning poos just outside the run, though

 

[Henriettamom919]

Off topic but how was school @Aunt Angus ? How long have you been teaching English?

 

[LaLonnie Nelson]

A question? My 16 week old girls were sleeping in a nesting box .. we have since blocked them!!! They still won’t roost ! They just snuggle together in a corner of the coop! Will they ever roost! (

 

[LaLonnie Nelson]

I use these nesting pads. I really like them. I got them after my girls kept kicking out the shavings. My girls can still scratch them around and shape them, but nothing falls out. I haven't had to change any out yet (though I did when I did spring cleaning!). It's just another option.
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[LaLonnie Nelson]

I thought about buying those I might still! We’re still waiting for our girls to lay their first egg!