It’s simple. Just ask your friends and neighbors for their shredded paper. Don’t buy wood shavings! You really don’t need to. Since shredded paper can’t be recycled in most municipalities, and your friends will be happy to give you theirs. Or, hit up your office, or friends who work in an office setting. All I can say is, this stuff is great as chicken bedding in a coop.
When it’s time to clean out your chicken coop. Put the paper and chicken droppings in your compost bin. It’ll get that bin cooking, adding much-needed nitrogen to your organic waste. My compost bins are a red-worm mega-composting colonies. It doesn’t take long for the dropping-laden shredded paper to turn into this:
And when you take that beautiful compost out to the garden and dress your veggie beds with it, you’ll get this:
Corn Mache in January. It grows in the early winter here in the Northwest. Great for salads.
What do you use for chicken bedding? Please let us know!
Pioneering The Simple Life 
Wait… What. They don’t take shredded paper in your area? Why?
When it goes in the water vats it makes no difference what condition its in. O.o
Side note… I wish we could have chickens. *pouts* >.>
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Isn’t it crazy? It has something to do with the equipment they use to sort paper from plastics, glass, and aluminum. It’s so frustrating.
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Over here we can put shredded paper in. But then near all mine goes in my compost bin anyway.
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Interesting idea! Do your chickens like it? 😉
Best, Susanne
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Hi Susanne! Yes, they’re happy as can be in their shredded paper coop.
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Excellent !
I guess you have a shredder ?
Here we are using straws from farmers
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We don’t have a shredder. So, our neighbors happily offer up their shredded paper which can’t be recycled here. I’ve met a few nice people nearby due to their offerings of shredded paper. Many thanks for reading!
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I love that idea! I actually finished my straw for the coop and was thinking of an alternative. I think I’m gonna try this. Thanks for the tip!
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I love that idea! I actually finished my straw for the coop and was thinking of an alternative. I think I’m gonna try this. Thanks for the tip!
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Hi Chloe! It takes some getting used to, but when you try it once and realize how easily the paper breaks down, it works as a great reuse of a resource there’s plenty of.
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