Can I mix cedar and pine shavings?

[Messipaw]

Can I mix pine and cedar small animal bedding in my coop and run. I use the DLM in my coop and our run is covered and wrapped in plastic with top ventilation.

 

[Twistedfeather]

Cedar is often considered harmful to chickens, is there any alternative you can use?

 

[Mahlzeit]

As stated above cedar shavings are no good for chickens. Can you just use all pine?

 

[Messipaw]

Tomorrow I will rake and leave the coop doors open. Will they be OK mixed in that way. The only way to get them out of my coop now would b to clear out all of my deep liter

 

[Messipaw]

I can open the two front Windows all the way tomorrow. On the back wall across from the Windows is a vent that stays open year round. I leave the poop door open as well. Tomorrow I will leave the people door open as well. In my pen we have the front and back walls without plastic. There is also top arch vents. If I mix and mix should I be OK. It really wasn't a big bag. It was about two feet by one foot.

 

[Twistedfeather]

You won't notice instantaneous results with cedar but I'm sure it weakens their immunity to other things.