Cedar shavings and chick`s....good or bad ????

[Barn Mama]

I have been using cedar shavings for my chicks, now I recently have read that they are extremly toxic for chicks but not chickens??? any insite to this???

 

[15shenyl]

I have used cedar shavings with my chickens since day one. As long as it's non treated and dried I think it's fine. I mix straw with my shavings now, gives the chickens more padding when they jump down from the roost or top nesting boxes.

 

[Overoberyl]

Are you thinking of pine shavings? Cedar IS toxic to chickens, esp red cedar. Apparently white cedar is not as dangerous. I would switch to pine asap.

 

[15shenyl]

Yes, it is pine, I used cedar before but it is more expance than pine,that's also when I found out it was harmful to a chicken. I ment to say pine, it's been a long week already:/
But yes cedar is bad for a chickens health and I use pine.