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Gardening

mopinko

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9. i use mostly shredded paper for my chix.

Reply to Bayard (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 11, 2017, 02:11 PM

Mar 2017

i add a little pine shavings once in a while, but mostly paper.
it composts up quickly w all the chicken poop, usually before it leaves the coop. obviously doesnt sprout.

never had trouble w straw. i use it for potatoes every year.

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