Green Treated wood..= Poison??????

[bigstack]

Is it ok to use the green pressure treated wood in a coop?

I was told it was poisonous to chickens. They will peck at it? Was I told wrong? Is it ok to make roost and nest boxes out of green treated wood?

Thanks for the help!!!

God Bless!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Treated wood is very nearly all I've ever used to make chicken housing. I've never noticed it caused any problems, even the older arsenic treated stuff. I've yet to see a chicken gnaw a piece of wood.

.....Alan.

 

[musson]

Pressure treated wood made before 2003 had arsenic in it. Wood made since then is ok.

 

[bigstack]

Sweet!!! Thanks!!! I have alot of it but a friend said it was poison. I wanted to check before I killed my flock. LOL Im trying to finish up my new coop. I have bout 1 more weekend and it will be ready for the birds. Yeah!!!

God Bless!

 

[patandchickens]

Chickens don't eat sound wood, p/t or otherwise.

However there is no point in using pressure-treated wood for anything that is not ground-contact (posts in ground, or sills lying on ground). Waste of money, regular lumber is better stuff (less twisty, lighter weight, cheaper) and personally I see no point in increasing the amount of p/t production processes, which are rather polluting, over and beyond what is actually purposeful.

JMHO, good luck, ahve fun,

Pat

 

[bigstack]

99% of the stuff I use for pens is ALL free! So I don't care what it is as long as it wont hurt my babies! LOL But I understand your point and agree!

God Bless!