pine shavings

Hey y’all, I’ve got eleven ducks and I have a house for them to sleep in at night that I bed with large flake pine shavings. It gets SO dirty SO fast, so I was wondering if y’all had any tips for keeping things clean. I hate having to wash feces off my eggs the day after I clean their house. I...

Hi everyone, We've gotten over a good dump of snow in Nebraska here the last 2 weeks and very cold temps (some days were -20 degrees F :eek: and very windy making the snow drift right back over places). Reason for posting this discussion is I have been searching all over BYC forums for what...

Question for you guys. I have a roughly 6x8 ft (floor space, they've got some roosting rods and they're nesting nooks as well raised from the floor in the coop) raised coop for my 19 strong flock of 6-7 week old chicks, and I'm currently using Pine Shavings inside of it. I live in North-Western...

There always seems to be some form of the straw vs shavings conversation happening around here. I've used chopped straw or sometimes flock fresh for about a year, and it's worked well. I do wish it was a bit more absorbent at times...so what about a mix of both? I'll probably try it anyway...

I know this is a poultry specific forum, but I just thought I'd ask :) Are pine shavings safe to use as goat barn bedding? I understand that cedar shavings are bad for any livestock/pet, since they can cause respiratory problems, and other issues. My goats like to nibble on the fresh straw I...

Advice needed!! any info is great My coop gets delivered July 12. it has hardware cloth all around and on the top of the run. (My husband will add a roof over the run) I’ve attached a pic We were going to lay hardware cloth underneath the entire coop/run for extra predictor protection. My...

I have been keeping my 1.5 week old ducklings since they arrived on nonslip shelf liner and/or towels so that they did not eat their bedding. I decided to try to switch them over to pine shavings today because, unless I clean it 3x daily, it is pretty gross. As soon as I put them in the new...

Hi! I'm Emily, and I have 5 12-week old pullets. They stay in the run most of the day, which is aprx 95sq feet. (fenced in because we live in the countryside-suburbs) I have heard that the deep litter method can amount to up to 12 inches of compost, and I just don't know if there is enough...

Ok I’m getting ready in the next 2 weeks to move my girls to their coop. They will be free ranging most of the time but I’m curious do I put pine shavings in the coop? It’s on concrete. We just got rain and I’m wondering how that will work with pine shavings. Won’t they get moldy when wet? I’m...

Now that our coop and run are finished and other projects around our property are wrapping up, we actually have space in our garage and sheds again! We're looking into purchasing supplies in bulk and was wondering; where do you seem to find the best prices on items? Specifically the following...

In our strange new world of social distancing and toilet paper shortages, I want to know why there is NO shortage of pine shavings for poultry. Why hasn't some 13-year-old homeschooling genius figured out how to help the world go greener by making a 'recycled toilet paper alternative' with...

As the tittle says, I have a few Cornish chicks that do whatever they can to scratch away the paper towel and dig and eat the pine shavings underneath.... Not sure how to persuade them to stop. :( unless I just cut it out or replace with hay maybe?

Usually when I get pine shavings they are bone dry. My husband bought some shavings 2 days ago and just opened them up and they feel cool and moist to the touch. We took them back and brought new packages home and once again, they are cool and moist to the touch. Am I freaking out too much...

Whqt is the best bedding/ nesting material for a mixed flock? I’ve heard cedar shavings are toxic to certain birds but I don’t remember which. We are using pine shavings, but I was hoping for something a little more ‘rain proof’. We’ve been having bad storms here lately and where we live, it...

I've hatched and/or raised almost 90 chicks and wanted to share a recent discovery. Pine shavings suck for baby bedding! That's what I've always used because it's what's recommended but in the past 2 weeks I've lost a 4 day old Speckled Sussex and a 5 day old Swedish Flower Hen to pine shaving...

Hi Friends, i'm running into a weird problem here with my spring ducklings: I underestimated the amount of pine shavings i need to keep all the poop at bey and i am down to ½ bag for tomorrow. Tried to buy pine shavings everywhere today, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Rural King, ... the only...

It seems that pine shavings are a rare comodity this spring and is only sold in hmeopathic doses…

I currently use pine shavings in my nesting boxes. Pine shavings are also used on the flooring of my chicken coop. I am thinking of possibly changing my nesting box bedding over to hay. I always have hay on hand due to my rabbits. I am not really worried about the whole straw(dry) versus...

Is hay as dusty as pine shavings? My run is covered so rain isnt an issue... Matter of fact, my run is so dusty... I was wondering if hay is as dusty as pine shavings when they start breaking down?

how old do the babies need to be before they can be on pine flakes? I am using puppy pads 1st. Then will use pines flakes. Thanks!! Monday is the biiiig day!!