Wood Chips For Chicken Run

I keep hearing about all these people cleaning up their chicken coop and run all the time and Im wondering if Im missing something.

Wood chips for chicken run. Hardwood Wood Chips for use as a surface in poultry and pet runs. Hallstone Hardwood Wood Chippings are most frequently specified for use in chicken runs. If you have a static chicken run and your hens are scratching at bare earth or wading in mud sprinkle a good layer of this woodchip in the run and you will have happy hens.

Wood chip or bark chippings provides the ideal surface for chickens as it gives them something to scratch about in and all sorts of insects like to live in it which the chickens will be able to eat. Our bulk bag wood chips are available to buy online with Free Delivery to most of the UK mainland. They are ideal for use as a garden mulch or on paths and are also British Standard BS EN 11772018 tested as suitable for play areas and under equipment in playgrounds.

Hardwood Woodchip for the floor of your outdoor chicken run. Honestly I dont just recommend using wood chips for a muddy chicken run. I recommend using wood chips all year long.

See our Blog posts about How to use and maintain your Hardwood Woodchip. The bottom line is organic matter leaves wood chips grass clippings kitchen scraps all go in the run. Within this area you will set-up your composting bins.

Sustainable eco-friendly natural this is the answer to preventing. Wood chips for chickens are supplied in easy to manage 70 litre bags. Chicken run wood chips are very robust and unlike bark chicken wood chips wont breakdown easily in the chicken run.

Wood chips are the white wood of the tree and shouldnt be confused with bark chips. The wood chips are 5-30mm particle size approximately. Wood chips are much better for chickens kept in a run and not just because they help with drainage.