Hay Or Straw For Chicken Bedding at Armando Templeman blog

Hay Or Straw For Chicken Bedding. Overall, straw has less dust, which can lead to respiratory. Hay is food for livestock, not bedding. Bottom line, straw is a far better choice for coop bedding than hay for us both because of its price and far lower moisture content. Some straw has relatively low levels of dust compared to pine shavings, and straw is less flammable than pine shavings (ward et al., 2000). Why straw bedding and not hay bedding? Straw and hay may seem similar, but they have different purposes. Straw is much easier to maneuver than sand. So that’s why we buy both straw and hay. Generally, straw is cheaper, more absorbent, better insulator, and easier to keep clean. Hay for the horses to eat and straw for the chicken coop and nesting boxes. Straw is a fairly good bedding material for chicken coops as it may be low in dust, insulates well, and chickens enjoy scratching in it. Sand is a much safer.

Hay is food for livestock, not bedding. Straw is a fairly good bedding material for chicken coops as it may be low in dust, insulates well, and chickens enjoy scratching in it. Bottom line, straw is a far better choice for coop bedding than hay for us both because of its price and far lower moisture content. So that’s why we buy both straw and hay. Sand is a much safer. Generally, straw is cheaper, more absorbent, better insulator, and easier to keep clean. Why straw bedding and not hay bedding? Straw is much easier to maneuver than sand. Hay for the horses to eat and straw for the chicken coop and nesting boxes. Some straw has relatively low levels of dust compared to pine shavings, and straw is less flammable than pine shavings (ward et al., 2000).

Lucas Best Sand or wood shavings for chicken coop

Hay Or Straw For Chicken Bedding Straw is much easier to maneuver than sand. Hay is food for livestock, not bedding. Straw and hay may seem similar, but they have different purposes. Bottom line, straw is a far better choice for coop bedding than hay for us both because of its price and far lower moisture content. Hay for the horses to eat and straw for the chicken coop and nesting boxes. Some straw has relatively low levels of dust compared to pine shavings, and straw is less flammable than pine shavings (ward et al., 2000). Sand is a much safer. Generally, straw is cheaper, more absorbent, better insulator, and easier to keep clean. Why straw bedding and not hay bedding? Overall, straw has less dust, which can lead to respiratory. Straw is a fairly good bedding material for chicken coops as it may be low in dust, insulates well, and chickens enjoy scratching in it. Straw is much easier to maneuver than sand. So that’s why we buy both straw and hay.