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You are correct Ridgerunner. We agree -- I was referring to chick bedding, more specifically, in a brooder. In the hen with chick pens, I will not change so frequently. I know what you are saying -- me too on my large coops.

Quote: One very good piece of advice I can offer you if you are new is that book knowledge about chickens will only take you so far. Most vets don't know much about chickens either (like NEVER let one sew up a wound). The real knowledge with poultry is experience. So while the "I have...

This argument has been hashed out before. I have always used pine shavings with great success with both chicks and adult birds & see it as a bio-friendly way of keeping the external parasites in check. Pine shavings is the primary bedding in my brooder pens (with a layer of sand and DE and then...