what do you use for bedding in your coop straw or shavings?

[amillecay]

I was just wondering what you guys use I have always used shavings i got some that has ceder in to so it make the coop smell great all the time! Any way I don't like straw because it get matted easy and it makes it hard to clean up poo everyday

 

[KrisH]

We use Pine shavings, read somewhere that cedar shavings may contribute to resparatory ilnesses, so we stick to pine only.

RobertH

 

[AAJ]

I use pine straw on the ground inside the coop, but my chickens have a roost they sleep on. If your chickens sleep on the ground or the floor in the coop then I would use shavings. Try putting the straw under the shavings.

 

[citychickx6]

PINE shavings for me.
Easy for me to clean and smells fresh.

I am not so sure you should use cedar shavings. I have read that it is hard on the chickens lungs.

 

[Taylor]

I always use straw, Its free at our CO-OP and the chickens love it, and they enjoy eating it too!

 

[cravenchx]

Straw is working for me. Every two weeks
I scoop poop, and add fresh. The weather is
cold, might have to change is summer.

 

[NatureBoy86]

I live in Florida and have pine trees everywhere so I use actual pine needles in my coops. They enjoy eating the tips where theres a bit of sap. Cheap as it gets lol

 

[cravenchx]

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[amillecay]

for all of you who just read the last thing i meant it was pine mixed with cedar so there isn't much of it not the other way around!!

 

[Country Parson]

I use straw, but only because I got about 20 bales for free. It works well bedding.