what to use for nesting materials

[cletus the rooster]

this is my first year having turkeys and i was wondering what is the best material to use for a nest can i just use straw like i do for my chickens or do i need to use something different?

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

We use wheat straw, they grow alot of winter wheat here in eastern, NC so the price is right. I know a couple people around here that swear by pine straw as they call it (it's just pine needles). I tried it before and it mats down pretty quickly but if you have pine trees the price would be zero so you could just change it out often.

Steve

 

[OmaBird]

Mine seem to like pine shavings. It is not pine needles. It's wood shavings. If I use straw or hay they just kick it out and lay in a bare box. Thats not what I want so shavings works great.

 

[caddyeldorado2006]

Hay, straw, pine needles, pine straw, Leaves from the woods, Mine loves to lay on her nest with leaves ..

 

[thaiturkey]

We use straw usually. After a soaking last evening we had no fresh dry straw so one hen is now happily making do with some old mosquito netting!

 

[Schultz]

Quote:

Yup, they aint too picky.