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Why Poultry Keepers Choose Straw Boss Chicken Coop Premium Animal Bedding

May 1, 2025
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Why Straw Boss Chicken Coop Premium is the Best Chicken Bedding Around!?

If you're serious about raising happy, healthy chickens, then you know one thing for sure: a clean, dry coop isn’t optional—it’s essential. From odor control to foot health, the bedding you choose affects everything. Chickens have a delicate respiratory system, and are very susceptible to dusty environments. That’s where Straw Boss Chicken Coop Premium Animal Bedding steps in and clucks louder than the rest.

Keep Your Coop Clean & Your Chickens Happy

Here’s why poultry keepers are making the switch to straw pellets:

 What Makes Straw Boss Bedding Different?

Straw Boss isn’t just another bag of bedding—it’s a thoughtfully crafted, heat-treated, dust-extracted straw pellet bedding made in Canada. Designed for superior absorbency, easier clean-ups, and a healthier environment, it offers a smart solution for coop hygiene and bird comfort.

 Healthier Birds Start with Cleaner Bedding

✅ Exceptional Absorbency

Straw Boss pellets can absorb up to 10x their weight in moisture, which keeps the coop dry longer. Moisture is quickly trapped in small, localized spots, reducing the risk of wet, smelly bedding that can lead to foot problems, mold, and ammonia build-up.

✅ Low Dust = Happy Lungs

Poor-quality bedding is often the biggest source of dust in your coop, and dust can irritate both your flock’s lungs and your own. Straw Boss is rigorously dust-extracted, making it a better choice for respiratory health—especially in enclosed or winterized coops.

✅ Odour Control

The ultra-absorbent straw pellets naturally suppress odors, meaning less ammonia smell and a fresher-smelling coop—even in high-traffic nest box areas.

That fresh coop feeling picture of chicken coop with straw boss bedding

🧹 Easy Coop Cleaning? Yes, Please!

Let’s be honest: no one loves mucking out the chicken coop. With Straw Boss, daily clean-up becomes faster and far less wasteful:

  • Soiled spots clump neatly and are easy to scoop

  • Unsoiled bedding stays clean and dry

  • No matting or packing like traditional straw

  • Doesn't track everywhere!! Stays put

  • Lasts longer between full clean-outs

Less mess = more time with your flock.

Picture of chicken on close up of Straw Boss Chicken Coop Bedding

Soft on Feet, Strong on Comfort

Straw Boss fluffs into a soft, springy surface that’s easy on delicate chicken feet. It also makes a cozy, warm nest box filler that hens love. The finer texture offers better cushioning than shavings or chopped straw, reducing the risk of bumblefoot and helping keep eggs clean and uncracked.

Close-up of Crumbled Straw Bedding for Chickens

♻️ Eco-Friendly, Coop-Friendly

Made from 100% natural, renewable straw, Straw Boss is:

  • Fully biodegradable

  • Composts faster than wood shavings or pine

  • Produces a smaller, richer manure pile

That’s better for your garden and the planet.


 Chicken Coop Bedding Highlights

  • Absorbs 10x its weight in moisture

  • Heat-treated & dust-extracted

  • Reduces odor and ammonia build-up

  • Soft and safe for all types of poultry

  • Great for coop floors, nesting boxes, brooder pens, and duck houses

  • Easy to clean and manage

  • 100% Natural | 100% Biodegradable | 100% Renewable

  • Available in 40L bags

  • Bulk & pallet pricing in-store

Commercial Chicken Farm with easy to keep clean Straw Boss Bedding

🐔 Chicken Coop Bedding Comparison

Category Straw Boss Straw Pellets Wood Shavings Traditional Straw Wood (Pine) Pellets
Odour Control ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Good – natural odor suppression ⭐⭐ Moderate – can trap ammonia and pine scent can mask odour ⭐ Poor – absorbs slowly, smells fast ⭐⭐⭐ Good – Pine absorbs well and pine scent can mask odour
Absorption ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absorbs 10x its weight ⭐⭐ Moderate ⭐ Poor – spreads easily ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good, but dries quickly
Ease of Cleaning ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spot-clean easily, no matting, light weight ⭐⭐⭐Can be messy, clumps unevenly, tracks. Light weight ⭐ Frequent full muck-outs needed, light weight until it mats out. Can be a pain to handle ⭐⭐ Breaks down to dust, harder to sift. Medium weight
Health & Safety ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dust-extracted, soft on feet, low ammonia, heat treated for safety ⭐⭐⭐ Can be dusty, especially fine grades ⭐ Can be dusty or moldy, sharp stems. Can contain bacteria ⭐Dusty once used, ventilate coop,  be sure it's non toxic and not coated. Wood pellets can mold rapidly in high humidity
Cost Efficiency ⭐⭐⭐⭐ More expensive to start, Long-lasting, less waste ⭐⭐ Moderate priced, Needs frequent replacing ⭐ Appears cheap, but high waste and more work ⭐⭐⭐ Moderate – less needed, but harder to clean once dusty


Bag of Straw Boss Chicken Coop Bedding 40L bag

🐓 Final Word: Give Your Flock the Best

Straw Boss Chicken Coop Bedding makes coop care easier—for you—and creates a safer, cleaner home for your flock. From hatchlings to heritage hens, every bird deserves a fresh, dry space to roost, scratch, and lay.

Cleaner coops, healthier birds, happier keepers. That’s the Straw Boss way. 

 

 

Want to pick up a bag? Visit us Canvasback Pet Supplies in-store at 1 Wellink Drive Lockport Manitoba for individual or bulk pricing!

Made in Canada | 40L Bags | 100% Natural – 100% Biodegradable – 100% Renewable