How to Keep Your Chickens Healthy: 3 Essentials for a Happy Flock

Keeping hens healthy doesn't have to be complicated. A clean, comfortable coop, a nutritious diet, and opportunities for natural foraging can go a long way toward supporting a happy flock.

Which is why we created the Healthy Hens Bundle; to make some of those everyday chicken-care essentials easier to manage. The bundle brings together three products designed to support different aspects of chicken care: Hemp Hurd Animal Bedding, Chicken Super Scratch, and Hempseed Cake Crumbles.

Here's how each one can help you create a healthier, more comfortable environment for your hens.

three simple ways to support a healthy flock

Keeping chickens healthy comes down to more than just one product or routine. It's about creating a clean environment and providing enrichment and nourished every single day. The good news is that supporting all three doesn’t have to be complicated.

1. start with a clean, dry chicken coop

One of the most important parts of chicken coop care is managing moisture and odor.

Wet bedding can quickly make a coop uncomfortable, while dusty bedding can create an unpleasant environment for both chickens and their keepers. Choosing absorbent, low-dust bedding can help keep your coop cleaner and more comfortable.

Our Hemp Animal Bedding is made from hemp hurd (woody core of the hemp plant) and provides a naturally absorbent, low-dust option for chicken coops. Hemp bedding can help:

• Manage moisture in the coop
• Reduce unpleasant odors
• Create a soft, comfortable surface for your flock
• Reduce dust compared with traditional bedding materials
• Make routine coop cleaning easier

And because hemp is a renewable natural fiber, used bedding can also be composted after use! Hemp Animal Bedding is a simple way to upgrade your everyday coop care routine especially if you’re looking for a low-dust, absorbent bedding option.

2. give your hens opportunities to forage

Chickens are natural foragers. Giving your flock opportunities to scratch, peck, and search for treats can help encourage behaviors they naturally enjoy. That's where chicken scratch grain comes in.

Green Fox Chicken Super Scratch is made with cleaned, non-GMO grains and can be used as a supplemental treat alongside a complete and balanced chicken diet. Scatter it through the coop, run, or outdoor area and let your hens do what they do best: scratch, peck, and forage. It's an easy way to add variety and enrichment to their daily routine.

Tip: Treats like scratch should complement a nutritionally complete poultry feed and fresh water source.

3. support your laying hens with hempseed cake crumbles

If you're raising laying hens, nutrition is another important part of maintaining a healthy flock. Hempseed Cake Crumbles are made from hempseed cake and provide a supplemental source of nutrients for laying hens that support:

• Better egg quality
• Egg production
• Overall wellness

Hempseed Cake Crumbles are designed to complement your hens' regular diet while providing more protein and omega fatty acids into your flock's routine. For backyard chicken keepers, it's one more simple tool to have on hand as part of an overall approach to hen care. 

MEET THE HEALTHY HENS BUNDLE

The Healthy Hens Bundle gives backyard chicken keepers three Green Fox essentials in one convenient bundle. So you can save time shopping and save money on the flock care items you use every day. Our bundle includes:

• One (1) 8lb or 28lb Bag of Hemp Hurd Animal Bedding
• One (1) Bag of Chicken Super Scratch
• One (1) Bag of Hempseed Cake Crumbles

Whether you're a new chicken keeper building your coop routine or an experienced flock owner looking for easier ways to care for your hens, the bundle is designed to help you tackle some of the everyday challenges of chicken keeping.

ready to give your flock some tlc?

Keeping a healthy flock starts with the every day tasks from maintaining a clean, comfortable coop to giving your hens opportunities to forage and supporting their nutritional needs. The Healthy Hens Bundle brings three Green Fox essentials together to help make those routines a little easier.

With Hemp Animal Bedding, Chicken Super Scratch, and Hempseed Cake Crumbles, you have simple tools to support a cleaner coop, natural enrichment, and a well-rounded flock-care routine. All in one convenient bundle!