What type of hay?

[Miss Lydia]

She is lovely!

 

[Dougdilman]

She is lovely!

Thank you!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I was watching a video Of a Runner duck who had marking just like your Appleyard such pretty markings.

 

[DuckDuckSook]

So if I wanted to do the deep litter method in the coop, I should get straw? I thought people said they used hay for that.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I use pine horse bedding for deep litter. Works great.

 

[Dougdilman]

I use pine horse bedding for deep litter. Works great.

Same here, So fresh and soft for them

 

[Miss Lydia]

So today when I went into clean I am amazed how deep they had hidden their eggs. I had to use the pitch fork to uncover.

 

[Texag87]

I switched from Coastal hay to wheat straw two weeks ago. The straw is two dollars a bale less than Coastal. The overnight eggs are amazingly cleaner. I did not have to do a full clean out last weekend. Really impressed with it. The only drawback I see is if I have to add some in the evening. There are so many seeds in it that they need water. I usually don't have water in the coop.

 

[SkyeT]

So gorgeous!!!

 

[DuckyDonna]

Ok, so here I am the lone hay user. I have no trouble with it at all. Every single morning I go into their pens and "fork" out the poo patties that are in there. All of them. I have no wetness or smell because I clean it really good every day and it seriously only takes me a few minutes per pen to do it correctly.

No mold or dampness but they do not have food or water at night. I do deep litter and add hay on top of the cleaned pens when needed. When it gets really cold I make sure that they've got new extra hay to snuggle in.

I get the hay for free and I don't use it sparingly because I don't have to.