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Greetings from Michigan! welcome to BYC!

I have read in several places that you should never use cedar shavings. I have always used pine for my girls and never have any problems with them, and my hens seem to like them. Because I have never had any problems with shavings, I have never tried using anything else. One word of caution though. When my girls get into hay, they always try and eat it and it gets stuck in their crops and throats. I'm not sure if this is just with my chickens, or if this is the typical chicken behavior.

Good luck and have fun raising your new pets! Chickens are very fun and can become very addicting for most people. :lol:
 
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Welcome to the forum! Like most of the people who have responded, we use pine chips for our chicken coop. I've heard you shouldn't use cedar because the birds can develop health issues of some sort. Your chickens are so cute!

Juju, my RIR, says hi!
 
Hey, Thanks to All for the Welcomes!

This site has been a terrific resource for all my Newbie questions. I haven't been having to post them since most of the answers I've found using the SEARCH thingy up above...

This book has also been a great help and it turns out the author Barbara Kilarski lives just up the highway in Portland. (I probably should get a copy of my own before the library's gets too ragged)

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Given the recent heat wave (mid 90s the last three days) I was particularly interested in the thread on how to keep things cool for the girls. I'd already done the ice cubes in the water trick, and for shade used an old towel drenched in water to cover the pen. The frozen watermelon idea was the real 'well duh' moment for me. We used some leftover corn on the cob cut up into chunks then frozen and doled out as the afternoons progressed.

There was definitely some heavy panting going on but things seem to have turned out OK.

Thanks again!

Rod O
 

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