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[emit]

When chicks are ready to be moved to the hen house (new) what type of bedding should I put down? I was going to use saw dust because I have horses an always have saw dust for their bedding. A friend of mine said he would not use it because of their respiratory system. He told me that they use to use straw of hay? Just thought I would ask people that know. The floor in the hen house has ply wood now.

 

[Judy]

Sawdust is the standard bedding for chickens in the area where I live. On BYC, people often use pine shavings, but they use lots of other things as well.

If I had a good source for sawdust I would try it.

 

[morelcabin]

I use pine shavings, but would use sawdust if that's all I have available

 

[averytds]

We've got linoleum on the floor and shavings in the nest boxes.