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Hi, I wouldn't think that would be great for them...can you remove all that? Thanks for joining us.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hello, I'm new at raising fowl. We have two banty hens and a Silkie cross rooster. We received a 9 day old and two day old goslings. They're eating their pine shaving, paper towel bedding along with the cardboard box we've got them in, in a metal crate. Is this harmful to them?

Welcome to BYC!! It’s not good for them to eat that. Surely the pine shavings are too big to eat though, right?

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

They shouldn't be eating bedding or anything other than their chick feed. Make sure they know where it is. If they continue, switch over to bermuda grass hay or Timothy hay, at least of they eat this, it's real food. You can also use coated hardware cloth raised off the brooder floor.

Nothing to eat here...

 

[triciayoung]

I agree they should not be eating their bedding and brooder. I had this issue once, food was fine and they were eating it as well....so I ended up using a large plastic bottom of a dog crate without any bedding in it for awhile.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and welcome to BYC. Get the goslings outside where they can graze.

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Welcome to BYC @NFF