Shavings

[Rooster Bob]

Can I use cedar shavings for coop and nest boxs noticed walmart has this inlarge bags for sale. but was won dering about the smell of the cedar? thanks Dennis

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Pine.

Cedar is aromatic and can cause trouble for chickens.

 

[Rooster Bob]

thank you that was what I wa slooking for on the smell of cedar shavings

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

You are welcome!!

 

[OkChickens]

So cedar shavings are not a good idea? What does it do to there lungs? I currently have a dirt floor and I'm wanting to put something down to insulate them from the temperature drops.

 

[Mark & Nique]

Pine!

 

[AinaWGSD]

Cedar shavings will irritate their lungs, but more importantly the phenols (the natural chemicals in the wood that cause the characteristic smell) are a toxin that must be processed by the liver and will cause liver damage with long term high exposure.

 

[mulewagon]

I've never used anything but cedar shavings (though in a very ventilated coop), and the only thing my chickens have died of is predators and meat cleavers.

On the dirt floor: if water seeps into it, any kind of shavings or organic material will melt into a nasty mess. In that case, sand is supposed to be good.