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

[nicolekathryn]

Hemp all day! No smell, and absorbent

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I use hay. The straw sold here is terrible quality and moldy too. I can use a quarter of the amount of hay to straw because the quality is so much better. I am interested in maybe switching to sand though.

 

[ChannahinVermont]

I am new and am using sand.. I will see how it goes.. First night in the coop for my 6 7 week old chicks

 

[Chickenfoot55]

Not me. Sorry.

I built an add on for some young ones and it just has a dirt and grass floor. When they are old enough I will let my Rooster sleep in there. The rest of the coop has pine shavings. I'm going to try hemp soon.

 

[Kiki]

I built an add on for some young ones and it just has a dirt and grass floor. When they are old enough I will let my Rooster sleep in there. The rest of the coop has pine shavings. I'm going to try hemp soon.

Did you end up trying it?

 

[Earthdale]

I used to get coffee chaff from a local coffee factory and that was my all time favorite.

 

[Alderen]

The very bottom of our coop is plywood with linoleum over that (I wanted something easily cleaned when the time came). On top of that, I use a mixture of pine shavings and shredded paper. I really hate paper waste and when I discovered that you can actually use shredded paper I was so happy. I just mix the two together. I find that the paper also entertains the girls. Haven't had any of them trying to eat it, but they love to play with it. This winter I will be using the deep litter method.

 

[The cheek coop]

Our coop is linoleum lined with fine pine shavings using deep litter methods.

 

[WingsysRoost]

I use hemp bedding. I used straw in the past and found it held too much moisture + it gave my entire flock bumblefoot (because of me not realizing the moisture issue in time). I find that hemp stays drier and thus lighter than straw and is easier to manage, along with being less dusty than either straw or shavings.