What to do with used bedding?

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Today i had to throw out the straw-bedding from the duck-house and in the middle of my work it hit me: Why not use the used bedding to fight the slippery mud?
-> My property is located on a hill-site and covered with red loam. There is bad drainage so during the current wet season the part between the house and the duck-platform became really muddy and slippery.

Well the duckies came running and protested loudly when they saw me throwing their bed into the mud. But when they saw their new bed… they got really excited and they love it

Now everybody is happy, i won't slip and fall into the mud and the ducks have fresh straw. Maybe the mud is a little unhappy, but i don't care about that!

 

[IamRainey]

Good thinking!

Where I am we have adobe clay soil. Not that it rains much in SoCal anymore but when it used to that ____ turned into a Slip 'n' Slide! Add an incline and I never would have seen home again until it dried out.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

I compost mine, just throw it into a pile and let it build up. The next year it goes into my gardens! Rabbit bedding too, and all the kitchen scraps.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I compost mine, just throw it into a pile and let it build up. The next year it goes into my gardens! Rabbit bedding too, and all the kitchen scraps.

I threw it on the compost pile too, but today i found out that straw is really good against slippery mud. Hopefully it will decompose quickly in spring and fertilize the grass.

 

[CrystaBub]

I love Limpy - he doesn't let anything stop him from having a good time. congrats on fixing your mud problem!

 

[DuckyDonna]

Today i had to throw out the straw-bedding from the duck-house and in the middle of my work it hit me: Why not use the used bedding to fight the slippery mud?
-> My property is located on a hill-site and covered with red loam. There is bad drainage so during the current wet season the part between the house and the duck-platform became really muddy and slippery.

Well the duckies came running and protested loudly when they saw me throwing their bed into the mud. But when they saw their new bed… they got really excited and they love it

Now everybody is happy, i won't slip and fall into the mud and the ducks have fresh straw. Maybe the mud is a little unhappy, but i don't care about that!

I recently figured out the same thing and do this also but after I've covered up all the mud I start a "pile" of poopy hay and toss it everyday for them. They love poking in it and searching for treasures especially now that the grass is no longer growing.

 

[Cayuga momma]

I do this too! I have straw walkways around my house, lol. I don't care that its poopy, it's better than falling on my butt.

 

[chickens really]

I toss my used bedding under my trees or put it up into my pasture.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I do this too! I have straw walkways around my house, lol. I don't care that its poopy, it's better than falling on my butt.

Sure does work better when there is ice. lol

 

[Cayuga momma]

Yes mine is covered in snow right now, but I have to clean out my coop so there will be more straw paths around my place soon, lol.