Is it ok to use cedar shavings

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Cedar isn't good for birds. They have sensitive respiratory systems that the fumes put off by cedar bedding irritate. Pine is a much better, safer choice.
 
Sorry if this strays from the topic but what about using cedar boards for siding on a coop?
 
I've used cedar boards with no problems. You might just want to make sure they are not super fresh. When newly cut they will off gas a bit but usually just for a week or two. So go ahead and use cedar just wait a little while for the strong cedar smell to dissipate before you move the birds in.

The problem with cedar chips is that you are always adding fresh bedding and the birds are in it scratching around and breaking it up. So fresh oils are constantly being released. Not really an issue with wood boards.
 
FWIW. My wife is a chainsaw carver and almost all her carving are in cedar. The chicken like to come over while she is working and dust bath in the cedar saw dust. Don't know if it is the best for them but they choose to do that on there own. however we do not use cedar in the coop because of what we read. But it is there choose so I don't think its too bad on them. or there not as smart as I am. cause I wouldn't go roll around in a marigold patch or dance around a smoke stack where I couldn't breath good. But maybe I am smarter than the average chicken
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Scott
 
Animals can be pretty smart, but they don't know everything, and that is why we are stewards, hopefully to keep them from harm. Don't let the birds take a dust bath in cedar shavings. Birds die when they get sick. Mammals tend to recover much better. It takes 6 months on average to raise a baby pullet to laying eggs, and I don't want to waste the food and care, and they watch them suffer. Plain old dirt, even poor soil is what your birds should be using for dust bathing.
 

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