nesting material

[wood duck whacker]

can i just use grass clippings from my lawn for nesting material?

 

[NonnasBabies]

mmmm........ not sure!! I use hay!!

Missi

 

[wood duck whacker]

I was thinkin grass clippings are about the same as hay just cut alot smaller but dont know for sure i am new to all this

 

[underground chickenman]

Sure, as long as your chooks like it. I prefer pine shavings. Grass and hay tend to mat down over time and is more difficult to re-fluff. Not so bad in a nest box, but definitely not great for floor litter. I use the shavings in both places. If the litter in the nest box gets soiled, I just toss it out to the "deep litter" on the coop floor.

Another thing to consider is that fresh grass clippings are likely to be eaten rather than nested in. I know mine would eat it.

UGCM

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

try some spanish moss You would be surprised how great it is in the nest box. Its surprisingly soft My chickens won't leave the hay in the next boxes they always scratch it out all over the floor. Grass they would eat.

 

[UnkleMacsChickenShack]

Here at the SHACK we like to use pine straw and hay.....That seems to form to our hens body a lot better helps her keep those eggs tucked under her body...but all those things work grass clippins , hay and pine shavings....

 

[wood duck whacker]

Thanks for the help i will just have to see what they like best. just wanted to make sure if i tried grass clipings that it would not be a no no

 

[Backyard_Chicken_rancher]

I use swamp cooler staw filters for my nesting boxes I buy it at wal-mart and cut it to size and it is used to water so if it gets soiled I wash it off dry it and place it back into it nesting box.

 

[Kittymomma]

Are you planning on drying them out first? I don't think I'd put fresh ones in there

 

[wood duck whacker]

yea i was going to dry them first. and have no acess to swamp cooler straw in this area to humid for those to be used so nobody stocks them but a good idea.