Um, "used" pine fluff?

[1FastFlamingo]

Here`s a funny question... should I be concerned about pine pine shavings from my sisters hampster? It.s full of hidden food and couldn`t see just throwing that out. Would it be ok for my girlies to scratch around in and eat the leftover hampster food from the shavings?

 

[nittanyxi]

I don't think the pine fluff or left over hampster food would be a problem. I don't know that I would want my chickens eating hampster crap though. And if that is in with the pine fluff and food they will eat it.

 

[kentucky jay]

not sure if the poo would be bad for them , but i would try it , they eat some crazy stuff ......i watched my biggest roo eat a piece of a mud-dobber nest today !!!!! i tried to tell him no , but he didnt listen !!!!!! lol the hamster food wont hurt either , just concerened about the poo !!!!

 

[colby318]

I know rabbit pellets have too much sodium for chickens. Don't know about hamster though... hamsters may carry some rodent funk that might be detrimental to poultry. I say toss it.

 

[heritagehabitatfarms]

i would not worry about it... my parents chickens free range and go under the rabbit and quail pens and eat all the left overs... i would make sure they are not starved before you fed it to them tho... that way they will pick and chose what they want to eat...

 

[JulieNKC]

When I have baby chicks in the house I clean their brooder at least once a day. I take those shavings out to my coop unless the babies managed to dump their water or something to make the shavings too dirty. The only thing I would be worried about with hamster bedding is if there are any rodent diseases that can transmit to chickens. I don't think there would be enough food in the bedding for it to matter if the hamster food is healthy or not.