Laura007 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 could someone please tell me why every time i change the paper in the poop tray, the chooks insist on ripping out the top sheet!!!! its not like its got anything good on it o read, but every single time i have to go and retieve all the little bits of shredded newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I tried a layer of newspaper in mine but they just shredded it. I think it is because they try to scratch a nest for themselves and the newspaper just rips apart. I gave up and went back to straw and shredded paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I put a couple of layers of whole newspaper then shredded paper in the tray and it's usually left alone. This w/e I put a bit of bokashi bran in the tray and the nestbox - not a success as they emptied the nestbox in their attempts to eat it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursechick Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Funny you should be talking about this today cos when I got home from work my chooks had pulled out their newspaper from the poop tray.Thats the first time since we got them,anyway I neatly put everthing back in place and pleased with myself went in for a late lunch only to look back down at them to see they had pulled it straight back out! Attention seeking I call it!! Ivy Mavis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 mine do the same, they drag it all over the run too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I don't put anything in my poo tray. I empty it every day - everything slides off easily - and clean it once a week. Don't think I could be bothered with a load of pooey paper as well as everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickweed Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I avoid putting paper near the entrance to the eglu which has solved this problem, and I use no more than 2 sheets of newspaper with all the corners and edges pressed well down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I push the paper away from the front of the poo tray, to almost the 3rd roosting bar on the entrance bit of the eglu. All birds as pets love to rip up newspaper - it's like their playtime. My parents have a parrot & she adores ripping paper up! I wonder what it is with them? I sometimes plonk my paper on top of the run whilst changing the girls, next minute they jump up & pull at the paper with their beaks, they're devils! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
