Soft, small pieces that clump together. My birds love bathing in it. I have quail, and the tinier pieces are gentler on their little quail feets. The two bantam chicken chicks I spontaneously adopted also seem to enjoy cuddling in it, and I've noticed that since the two have deformities, there's less sores on the sides where they have mobility issues from this vs. wood chips. I will say, everyone confused it for food at first, but I think that's because I put it in around feeding time haha. Haven't cleaned it out yet but I use a shopvac and just vac all of it out so cleaning anything is pretty easy for me. I imagine it gets stuck less than hay or wood shavings in the tube.
This bedding has helped stop my chicken coop from smelling like a truck stop bathroom! It absorbs droppings really well under the roost, and I’m able to sift out clumps easily.Each time I clean out the coop, I dump the used bedding into the chicken yard. Living in the AZ desert, the ground is hard on their feet, and this gives them a softer surface while also putting the waste to good use.Way more effective than pine shavings and makes coop cleanup so much easier.
These bedding is exactly as promised. I use a kitty litter scooper to clean our nesting boxes and it's very easy. The size of the individual pieces slips right through my scoop, leaving only the poo from my chickens. It's very soft on their feet, doesn't poke like straw does, and creates significantly LESS dust in the coop.My ONLY complaint is the price as it's quite a bit more expensive when compared to pine flakes and/or shavings.
I won't be getting this again as it's not cost effective as just getting the $10 bag of aspen shavings from walmart but I really wanted to try this out for my dwarf and syrain hamsters! My dwarf has enjoyed burrowing in it and it's helped her to calm down some. My Syrian just kind of ignores it though but she's old so it makes sense. I do wish it really had more in it though. I was hoping it would be enough to fill at least 14 inches of bedding in both their cages but it's wasn't even enough for one but I made it work with more hay and paper bedding. I was a bit worried about it being dusty but it's not at all! My usual paper bedding is has much more dust! Only reason I give it 4 stars is the size amount! This bedding seems to be very versatil and can be used for loads of animals. Just be sure if you are getting this for a burrowing rodent you use orchard grass hay or meadow hay in between layers to safely support burrows! 😊
My chicks love it! First time raising chicks, and I started out with another brand of natural hemp bedding from the pet store because it came in a smaller bag and I wasn't sure how much I would need (turns out you need a lot and will go through it fast lol). The other pet bedding was ok, my little baby chicks dug around in it, I thought it was fine. But once I ran through the bag and replaced it with the RentACoop Extra-soft premium hemp Bedding the difference was obvious. As soon as I returned my chicks to the brooder they literally started nesting in it. Not just digging but nuzzling themselves into it like happy little hens in training. It was so cute and I felt so bad for not providing them with the good stuff from the start. It absolutely does feel softer, and functions better as "litter" in terms of covering their little droppings too. Highly recommend!