nesting material?

[kittykorat]

My girls are getting close to laying.. what do you use as nesting material in your nest boxes?

 

[vstoltzfus]

My husband is a carpenter, so I use wood shavings. My friend uses dry leaves.

 

[wordgirl]

It may not be the best, but I just use the same wood shavings that we use for the coop floor. It's nice because when it gets dirty, I can just dump it into the coop and replace it, and then we only need one kind of bedding.

You must be getting excited! I was so impatient for our first egg, and when it came, I was SO HAPPY!!!

 

[PandoraTaylor]

Pine shavings, light dusting of DE and a layer of hay.

 

[briteday]

I dump one of those bales of pine shavings into a garbage can so I can easily replenish a soiled nest for the cleanest eggs, and in the garbage can the shavings stay dry until I need them right outside the coop door.

 

[jeslewmazer]

I have used dry leaves and hay, but I like to use dry pine needles (I have a lot of pine trees

). Some of my hens prefer empty nest boxes and will move anything in whatever box she chooses.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I use pine shavings, personally.

 

[twentynine]

grass hay

 

[gsim]

Grass clippings for both. Free. Smells good too. Chooks like to eat it until it gets extremely dry and old. And did I forget to say, it is free!

 

[annie3001]

we use hay... works like a charm!