When should i change my bedding

[Moges amha]

I use a straw bedding for my layers. i hear and read about changing their bedding .i wanted to know if or when i should my bedding

 

[tigger19687]

Do you mean in the nest boxes? If so I did it when it would get soiled, usually after a rain or muddy run as it gets tracked in. Or when it gets poop in there which happens from time to time.
I sprinkle DE on the bottom of the nest box then a little shavings and then Hay/straw, make an indentation for them and they are happy.

 

[Moges amha]

Do you mean in the nest boxes? If so I did it when it would get soiled, usually after a rain or muddy run as it gets tracked in. Or when it gets poop in there which happens from time to time.
I sprinkle DE on the bottom of the nest box then a little shavings and then Hay/straw, make an indentation for them and they are happy.

No for the whole coop bedding

 

[21hens-incharge]

You will get a lot of variety in the answers.

A lot depends on how many birds, coop size, floor or dirt in the coop, if you use droppings boards and your climate.

I change it once a week. I do not have droppings boards. My coops have wood floors. Average coop size here gives the birds 6+ square feet each in the coop. I use pine shavings.

I go by "If it looks dirty or I can smell the droppings it needs cleaned.".

 

[3KillerBs]

You might find this article useful even if you don't use Deep Bedding. I discussed why/when I change my bedding in more detail than I can toss off right now before I have to leave for work.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/using-deep-bedding-in-a-small-coop.76343/

 

[black_cat]

I have four birds in a six by four coop, and I change bedding once a week by removing the large piles of poop and part of the dirty shavings. I remove all of the shavings from the nesting boxes and put them into the coop, then addr fresh shavings in both locations.

 

[Moges amha]

You will get a lot of variety in the answers.

A lot depends on how many birds, coop size, floor or dirt in the coop, if you use droppings boards and your climate.

I change it once a week. I do not have droppings boards. My coops have wood floors. Average coop size here gives the birds 6+ square feet each in the coop. I use pine shavings.

I go by "If it looks dirty or I can smell the droppings it needs cleaned.".

Yeah it kinda smells now not too much tho and i have alot of chickens so i cnt afford too much free space

 

[Moges amha]

You might find this article useful even if you don't use Deep Bedding. I discussed why/when I change my bedding in more detail than I can toss off right now before I have to leave for work.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/using-deep-bedding-in-a-small-coop.76343/

Alrit i will check it out now thanks and have a good day at work

 

[Moges amha]

I have four birds in a six by four coop, and I change bedding once a week by removing the large piles of poop and part of the dirty shavings. I remove all of the shavings from the nesting boxes and put them into the coop, then addr fresh shavings in both locations.

Mine is 8 meter by 9 meter so i do t think i can do it every week

 

[black_cat]

Mine is 8 meter by 9 meter so i do t think i can do it every week

Do you have a poop board? It will be easier, I think, in your case, to scrape a poop board daily/every other day than having to deal with the dirty bedding.