shavings question ? please answer.

[farmboydj]

on byc search cedar shavings or pine shavings and see what comes up there will be lots of info

 

[jessaw1981]

my youngest chickens are 3 mo. old that are in there.
and I do give them the little Sharp pebbles I get them from the road that goes in front of my house. also before we moved to Alaska for 2 years and now back home I raised raised and bread rabbits , I did all my reading up also raised rats hamsters lots if stuff anyway it always said do NOT use cedar for any type of small animal because it causes to many lung problems. I also asked my vet he said it was ok to use with a very large dog. But I don't even use it for that. and thus came from my fil he works a great job and every now and then they have to build cabinets for an office building or what not and I did ask him about lacker and stuff he said no that this was when they just cut the wood and had to shave a little off it I know its not much help but at the moment it was better than all the mud and water. I scraped all the water I could and then lay the shavings to it and it soaked it right up. like I said I would usually have 10 bucks to go get some but not at the moment. I think I am going to build the floor up !

 

[Mattemma]

I get the pine shaving in a bag.It is a bit dusty and personally I hate that. It shouldn't bother the hens.They might dust bathe in it and sneeze from inhaling some of it. I did swheat scoop for a time and worried about them eating that more so than the pine.They survived even if they did eat the wheat.Surprising what chickens CAN eat and be OK. I read cedar chips were bad for a lot of animals.To bad since I do like the smell.Cedar is a good mulch in the garden for getting rid of bugs.

 

[farmboydj]

cedar is ok to use i have been using it for over 15 years and have never had a problem with it cedar can help them with the mites and keeps it smelling good

 

[Organics North]

Please do a search here on BYC there are 100's of threads on this subject.. I must have posted a dozen times answering this question myself.

I work with cedar every day. Prolonged contact with the smell and dust of cedar is a hazard for any thing with lungs. Man and chickens alike.
A little cedar is fine, I am talking about constant contact with strong fresh cedar. (Which I can no longer smell.)

So in my coop, I mostly use shavings that are not cedar, or well aged cedar shavings that do not smell so strong any more. IMO some cedar is OK, especially if the birds can get away from it into a run or out free ranging.

So my advice is moderation, get a bag of non cedar shavings and mix them in, or dump the bag of cedar shavings outside let them air out for a few months.

ON

 

[woodmort]

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I think you misspoke--you mean should not have cedar shavings the oil is toxic to them.