Official BYC Poll: What type of COOP bedding do you like best?

[Laura_BelgianBantams_63]

I use wood shavings. They are easy to clean out.

 

[Birdie mom]

My birds don't eat the straw itself, just the very tips with seeds. Never had a case of impacted crop due to eating whole strands of straw. Been using straw for years.

I think it may only become a problem if you accidentally forget to feed them and they have to resort to eating the hay/straw. I don't use straw but I saw the video and decided that I wasn't going to even risk it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think it may only become a problem if you accidentally forget to feed them and they have to resort to eating the hay/straw. I don't use straw but I saw the video and decided that I wasn't going to even risk it.

My birds never run out feed in their feeders, thankfully. There feeders are full 24/7.

 

[Birdie mom]

My birds never run out feed in their feeders, thankfully. There feeders are full 24/7.

I jut wanted to post about is so no one make that mistake. Did you see the video? It's gross...

 

[MysteryChicken]

I jut wanted to post about is so no one make that mistake. Did you see the video? It's gross...

About the hen that resorted to eating her bedding do too being bullied. Yes.

 

[Birdie mom]

About the hen that resorted to eating her bedding do too being bullied. Yes.

I think you may have seen another video. Scroll down on the link I posted and you will see the paragraph about crop inpactatipn. It says 'See video of crop inpactation surgery here'. Click on it an you will see it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think you may have seen another video. Scroll down on the link I posted and you will see the paragraph about crop inpactatipn. It says 'See video of crop inpactation surgery here'. Click on it an you will see it.

That's a different one. The one I watched a few months ago included surgery.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think you may have seen another video. Scroll down on the link I posted and you will see the paragraph about crop inpactatipn. It says 'See video of crop inpactation surgery here'. Click on it an you will see it.

Where's the link?

 

[mviera101]

Hay and straw can cause an impacted crop. Here is an article about it: https://the-chicken-chick.com/reasons-straw-does-not-belong-in/

I haven't seen them ingesting the hay, nor do either show any signs of impacted crop and have been using hay for a while.
Thank you for that information though.

 

[Birdie mom]

Hay and straw can cause an impacted crop. Here is an article about it: https://the-chicken-chick.com/reasons-straw-does-not-belong-in/

I haven't seen them ingesting the hay, nor do either show any signs of impacted crop and have been using hay for a while.
Thank you for that information though.

That was the article I posted