Pressure Treated Wood or Not?

[Lazy Farmer]

We used pressure treated wood for our run. The coop is an old, repurposed shed and gawd knows what's in those materials. No adverse reactions to either.

The dark green treatment is usually the arsenic soaked ground contact lumber. Light green to yellow is more friendly. Play ground approved.

 

[henless]

I used treated on all wood that had contact to the ground. With the humidity & termites, you really don't have a choice unless you want to be rebuilding every couple of years. Use what you feel comfortable with.

 

[Birdinhand]

I have to admit that I use ground treated lumber, the lumber with the impressions on the side to let the treatment soak in more deeply. I have not had any issues with it, the chickens don't really come in much contact with it and I use brackets so it doesn't even contact the ground. it may sound kind of hypocritical, being a generally pro organic kind of guy, but I build to last a long time.

 

[imnukensc]

Wood pressure treated with arsenic has not been available to the ordinary home user since 2003/2004. The only difference between ground contact and non ground contact pressure treated wood is the amount of treatment chemical absorbed into the wood. http://www.popularmechanics.com/hom...orking-with-pressure-treated-lumber-15655848/

I used ground contact pressure treated lumber for as much of my coop and run as possible, but every bit of the coop and run is pressure treated.