What's you're preferred bedding?

[Surehatch]

Great ideas, thank you everyone!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I use regular pine shavings and dont have any problems. I did use hay onetime, and I hated it.

 

[Aunt_Nancy]

I'm liking sand in the run area and floor of the coop. Easy to clean up. I use shaving in the nests. I'm new to all this as well. Getting there is a little bit of a learning curve. Cheers.

 

[Zahboo]

Should the sand be coarse or fine. I've considered mixing sand into the shavings but I think it would just seperate into different layers over time.

 

[katdam]

i use coarse sand in my coop...on the really hot days they stay in the coop because the sand is cooler and if they want something for a quick snack they can eat it....plus it's sooo much easier to clean...able to use a dog pooper scooper and a bucket and i'm done!!!!

 

[chics in the sun]

I have had a FBCM that I just got in an isolation cage while I integrate her. It has a wire bottom, and I cannot BELIEVE the difference in smell between the coop with a layer of pine shavings over 'dirt', aka sand, here in Florida. The coop has three chickens in it and it doesn't smell at all. I just put them all together and they are doing well, in part because I couldn't take the smell. I also add some DE.

 

[Zahboo]

I'm hoping the pine shavings will also help with the fly issue by drying up droppings. Also maybe it'll be easier to keep the silkies clean since it absorbs much more.