Creosote and chickens

[momgoose]

Hi all,

I have a bunch of old railroad ties laying around. I was wondering if anyone knows if using railroad ties that were soaked in creosote would be a bad thing to use as walls for a chicken coop? Most animals avoid creosote soaked wood (it's not incredibly palatable) but I can't find any information about having creosote soaked wood around chickens.

 

[sourland]

Way back when, we used creosote to paint roosts and coop corners as a mite preventative. Don't know what the long term effects of creosote exposure might be.