Sand vs Pine Shavings

[U_Stormcrow]

"The Dosage is the Poison"
Old medical adage. Credited to Paracelsus, approx 1500 CE.

'Alle Ding sind Gift und nichts ohn' Gift; allein die Dosis macht, das ein Ding kein Gift ist.

Translation, "All things are poison and nothing (is) without poison; only the dose makes that a thing is no poison."

 

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

"The Dosage is the Poison"
Old medical adage. Credited to Paracelsus, approx 1500 CE.

'Alle Ding sind Gift und nichts ohn' Gift; allein die Dosis macht, das ein Ding kein Gift ist.

Translation, "All things are poison and nothing (is) without poison; only the dose makes that a thing is no poison."

This is true tho. You can overdose on vitamins, water, etc. everything in moderation.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

The good news, such as it is, is that a well designed coop has plenty of ventilation to assist in moving moist, ammonia laden air out and fresh air in. That means its also moving VOC and VVOC contaminated air from wood shavings, whatever, out and fresh air in.

Another reason to build a coop with lots of ventilation (and not out of cedar shakes!)

 

[aart]

and not out of cedar shakes!)

Actually most cedar construction materials are not made from the aromatic variety of cedar and thus are fine for coop building. Good in fact, both rot and insect resistant.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Actually most cedar construction materials are not made from the aromatic variety of cedar and thus are fine for coop building. Good in fact, both rot and insect resistant.

good to know!

Personally, I'd just use the hardieboard looks like cedar shakes, if I cared about appearances - but you know me, I'm fond of that stuff.

 

[neo71665]

Fellow Arkansan, use wood chips and stay far away from sand. Been there and it was junk.

 

[3KillerBs]

Pine smells so wonderful, and many people (including me) have used it for years. But there is evidence that it is toxic.

The people who promote this idea are usually people who are trying to sell you some kind of alternative to pine shavings.

 

[neo71665]

The people who promote this idea are usually people who are trying to sell you some kind of alternative to pine shavings.

Aint that the truth. I don't use straight pine but it is mixed with whatever I throw in the chipper.

 

[HeathenHavenHomestead]

Fellow Arkansan, use wood chips and stay far away from sand. Been there and it was junk.

Well my husband isn’t on board with the financial upfront cost
Sounds like I’ll be doing pine shavings.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Well my husband isn’t on board with the financial upfront cost
Sounds like I’ll be doing pine shavings.

No leaf litter? Husband isn't on board with the rake, either, I take it???