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[Tiggy]

I cannot get hemcore or auboise locally, the farm shop has tried for last 3 weeks - will it be OK to put straw in the run because it now looks like a mud bath. I heard that bark chips may produce mould spore that upset the hens respiratory systems

[Tara123]

The lady who I brought my banties from put loads of straw down all around her garden because of all the mud. She must of had about 50 bantam's free ranging in her garden and breeds a lot of them for show, so I would imagine its fine.

[jomaxsmith]

My local poultry centre use chopped straw for bedding etc and don't really like hemcore!

 

I've just put some shaving down in our run (uncle runs a timber business so they're a free by product) and they've blown all over the garden so i'll be glad when they're used up!

 

Jo

[peanut12]

You could try medibed - I bought this from our local nursery for £10 for 25kg. So far, have only used about a 3rd in 3 weeks so it's pretty good value for money and helps dispell smells etc

[Paola]

I used to keep my girls on bark and never had any problems Currently they are on auboise

[sebowyer]

I used sawdust in the run, sprinkled quite generously over the mud, then inside the eglu and in the nestbox with the shredded paper. At first the hens freaked out and refused to come out of the eglu in case they had to stand on the sawdust, but within a couple of hours they were happily munching it. Not quite what I had in mind, but didn't seem to do them any harm...

Also handy are large sticks and logs - you can put them in there to give them something to stand on to keep their feet out of the mud.