You can buy a 20 lb bag of this at tractor supply for around $6.00 (horse bedding pellets). we poor one bag into a wheel barrow and add 3 gallons of water. after an hour we fluff it so it turns into saw dust. then we put in the coop and scoop like cat litter. have not had to change the one bag we put in 5 months ago yet as only the poop scoops up. after scooping the poop we just run the scooper through the sawdust and it all fluffs back up!

My favorite tip I learned off youtube for large area runs. The horse pellets from a farm supply store for 6-8$ a bag. I then lay the bags down on its side spaced apart. Slice an X all the way across the length of the bag and put a water hose on it for a bit. Do all bags and come back after 10 minutes. If you still see a bunch of pellets, just hit it again with the hose. I then send my son out to rake and spread it throughout the run. I use about 2 bags, sometimes 3 for an 8 x 16 run. Oddly, it never seems wet to me. Maybe slightly damp but dries out real fast.

After watching your earlier hemp bedding videos, I went for it. It’s amazing! Thank you!

I buy the 'kiln' dried pellets $6.00 / 40 lbs at my local feed store. I also have one of those under the bed storage bins beneath their perch, easy to clean weekly & saves on pellets.

I use pellet bedding for my chicks and in my doggy-litter pans for my litters of puppies. They work great and they're super absorbent! And the smell is definitely a lot nicer for much longer. I'm not sure what area you're in but I'm in the south and I buy 50lb bags of pelleted bedding for about $6/bag. Maybe research different brands...? That price seems pretty steep. Great video, thanks for sharing!

I can't imagine using pellets without hydrating it. It would be very expensive. I use pellets that are hydrated for my sheep. I throw a lot of water on maybe about 1/15 th of a bag (at least a gallon of water.) Then there pellets make a nice soft surface that is absorbent and smells pretty good.

I’ve been using hemp from day one. I’ll never switch. Easy to clean and maintain. No smell, which is critically important since I live in the middle of town near both an elementary school and two churches. Very little dust. BTW, I have four red leghorns.

I built a tray to hang under the roost bar. That smal tray catches 90٪ of the mess. Easy to dump out and dont take much shavings to fill it back up.

As a pee ious commenter said, you have to wet the pellets first. I can't get hemp in my area and getting tired of the expense of pine shavings, so trying pine pellets (again, can't fine another type) in my hen house and goat stalls. The first thing you learn is that for bedding application, you must wet them to expand them first (1 bag pellets:1 - 5 gallon bucket water).

Here is the response from Manna Pro when I reached out and asked about the cancer warning on the bag: "This product has naturally occurring chemicals that fall under Prop 65 (California’s rule). We have properly labeled the product for California. It may be Valley Vet’s decision not to ship to California any product that requires this warning. However, other retailers may still have this product available in California. The Proposition 65 warning is due to trace naturally occurring substances in the feed and are not harmful when fed to animals at the quantities in the feed but may be above the labeling threshold for the state of California. We hope this helps. This is an overview of the rule with California’s website URL - The State of California maintains a list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity in humans. The list contains a wide range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals. Several of these compounds occur naturally in the environment and, as a result, may be found in various products. In California, a warning such as the example below must be given for products containing listed chemicals above a given threshold. Manna Pro ships products nationwide, including to California. This warning has been added in accordance with recent changes to California law and does not reflect a change to the products themselves."

Interesting. In my neck of the woods, hemp bedding is crazy expensive. $100 + for 5 cuft. Pine pellets at TSC is $7.49 for 40 pound bag.

We get 40lb bags for like 6 bucks a bag at tractor supply

I believe you're supposed to wet it first, let it breakdown and dry and then lay them down.. tractor supply sells a 20 lb bag for $6 and I used 6 bags for an 18x20 coop/run and lasted me 5 months

Where do you buy the hemp bedding because it’s pretty expensive!

You have to get it wet and it turns to dust.

Why are those pellets so expensive? I buy pellets for my cats as cat litter. I buy pine pellets with zeolite for $8. It is a 50LB bag that last me months. And some people can find it for $6.

Just wear a glove and pick up the poop by hand. Should be pretty easy since most is dried anyways.

Wont the chicken mistake that for food?

Do the hens eat the pellets?

Don't they eat them??? Looks like lay pellets.

Where do get hemp bedding

In California, breathing is known to cause cancer.

Got a question that I hope you can help me with. I just purchased my Hemp for the bedding but what do you recommend for the chicken run? I see people put many thing from commercial grade sand to just plane straw.

I grabbed a bag of pellets today for my duck house. Theyre eating it. Is it bad for em?