Recommendation for hemp bedding

[GmarBite]

Hello

Can anyone recommend a brand for your hemp bedding? I guess I’m looking for a good price quality and good quantity if that is even possible. Been searching the web and there’s tons out there and find some expensive. There are weed shops all over where I live in Maine so I was thinking maybe there is a place local that could be making it. Or maybe in bulk to save money?

 

[Kiki]

I don't think you will find it cheap anywhere.
Plain ole dirt works great.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Do they mean 11 sqft?

I sure hope so since they said a depth of 1". In my defense I copy/pasted what they had on the site.

 

[Ted Brown]

I have read/thought about hemp in lieu of straw in nest boxes; recently rebuilt my nest boxes to be roll away and now use artificial grass (deep bedding using pine chips in coop).

I searched for something affordable but with shipping too much. Then I went to a farm show and found it "down the road a bit" so at least I can tolerate the raw cost.

However, not sure what I might use it for.

 

[Ted Brown]

I have been looking around near me (I'm in MI though) and I have not found it cheap at all! Good luck to you!!

Have you specifically gone to either a farm show (best imho) or to a good farm supply store/source?

I looked for a few years before I stumbled on a "local" source.

 

[teachchickmi]

Have you specifically gone to either a farm show (best imho) or to a good farm supply store/source?

I looked for a few years before I stumbled on a "local" source.

No! I need to find a farm show that’s coming up. Been busy with work so haven’t been able to check into those. I missed one in Imlay City a week or so ago, I think.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I get whatever's cheapest on Amazon. It's pretty tricky finding it locally unless you happen to be close to a manufacturer/distributor. As I don't use it as my primary bedding (and my primary bedding is free) that helps stretch it out and reduce the cost, like I buy a 33 lb bag every 1 1/2 - 2 years. I specifically use it under the roost for easy sifting of poops, and because it disappears much better in the compost than wood chips.

Wood chips in foreground, hemp behind.

 

[teachchickmi]

I have been looking around near me (I'm in MI though) and I have not found it cheap at all! Good luck to you!!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I tried the Eaton Pet and Pasture because I was tired of all the dust from the pine shavings, I won't try it again! It doesn't seem to absorb anything, and is so lightweight it gets everywhere, I'm just not a fan.

 

[GmarBite]

I tried the Eaton Pet and Pasture because I was tired of all the dust from the pine shavings, I won't try it again! It doesn't seem to absorb anything, and is so lightweight it gets everywhere, I'm just not a fan.

The stuff I'm using is reasonably priced compared to the rest but it's "crumble" which seems different from the Easton. Eaton seems like a cross between woodchips and hay. I'm going to stick with Hurdz Hemp happy chicken crumble, for now no odor in the room my chicks are. at least not poop, just the smell of the bedding.