Sawdust in coop

[Tronracer]

First night in the coop. Any suggestions?

I used about a trash bags worth of sawdust to mix in with the pine shavings and now I’m second guessing that decision. I’m fearing it’s too fine and I might cause some respiratory ailments. They’re just 6 weeks old.

 

[Matt119911]

Watch for gasping sneezing and wheezing

 

[lazy gardener]

Have you provided them with grit? That would be my biggest concern. Chickens are created with an instinctive desire to load their gizzard with grit. If grit is not available, they will eat what ever they can find, in this case, they may fill their crops with sawdust.

 

[Tronracer]

Have you provided them with grit? That would be my biggest concern. Chickens are created with an instinctive desire to load their gizzard with grit. If grit is not available, they will eat what ever they can find, in this case, they may fill their crops with sawdust.

They don’t have grit. But they do have food in the food dispenser.

 

[Matt119911]

Get them grit

 

[lazy gardener]

IMO, they must have grit. Food and grit meet completely different purposes, and both are necessary.

 

[Tronracer]

IMO, they must have grit. Food and grit meet completely different purposes, and both are necessary.

I will get it tomorrow. The last 2 times I was at Tractor Supply they didn’t have chick grit. They are only 6 weeks. Can they have adult grit now?

 

[Matt119911]

Get the finest grit you can find

 

[lazy gardener]

Got a gravel driveway? Scoop some gravel up from the driveway.

 

[Matt119911]

lol that works too