Cedar bark groundcover - safe for chickens outside of coop?

[California Girls]

Okay, I need some help please. My husband bought cedar groungdcover for some areas in our yard. Is it bad for our 6 month old chickens who will be in contact with it?
Thanks for your responses.

 

[chookchick]

Cedar is fine in the yard or run, where the fumes from the oils have a chance to dissipate. It is only in an enclosed area, where the fumes will be contained, that it becomes a problem. I use cedar chips (and others) in my run.

 

[patandchickens]

Yup, no problem at all outdoors, quite safe, have fun

(Actually quite a lot of people use cedar bedding indoors without any discernible problem, including large commercial operations that would surely KNOW if they had any problem from it -- but I expect it depends a lot on the freshness of the shavings and the amount of ventilation/fresh air you've got, indoors.)

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[gsim]

I agree with Pat. I think that I would jump at a chance to get free cedar chips, primarily because I have a lot of good permanent ventilation overhead in my coop. I think it would cause trouble in a small coop. In a run outside, no problem at all.

 

[California Girls]

Oh, thank you all!