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Hi i have just bought 4 hens about 4 weeks from laying. One of the hens a gray speckeld as soon as i put hay in the nest boxes she scrats it all out again!!!!!!!!!! help
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Some don't like certain nesting materials. Try straw or shavings and see which they prefer. Hay contains a lot of seeds so I think it does encourage chooks to scratch around in it rather more than say a bed of shavings. -
hay also encourages red mite. and straw for that matter but we put diatom powder on it so no problem. Funny things hens- pop a couple of fake eggs in the nest box in a couple of weeks time to give her the idea too.Comment
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... or golf balls ...
(cheaper!)
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
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Ta for the advice i will tryComment
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Mine are fine with shredded paper or chopped straw
they pull full length straw out & dig out shavings 
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yes, I just use bed down dust extracted - chopped straw - sold for horses normally- it rots down super quick tooComment
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As I get my straw "at the right price" from a farmer I known for years,I just chop it into approx 75mm lengths using a meat cleaver on my log splitting block
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