Substitute pine shavings?

[Steve]

My local TSC is out of pine shavings....have been for about a week.

I thought I could hold out until they got more in, but I called a while ago and they still don't have any, and now I need something.

My question is, since I build cabinets and furniture I have an abundance of Ash planer shavings out in the shop from a current kitchen I'm building....can I use Ash shavings as a substitute until i can get pine from TSC?

Thanks in advance.

 

[CarriBrown]

I'd be worried about whatever the cabinets where treated with. Do you know that wood hasn't been treated? Just don't use cedar... it is poisonous to chickens.

 

[tnkinhunting]

Steve, WalMart has pine shavings - my TSC has been out of pine shavings for some time and I had to go to WalMart.

 

[Steve]

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No these are not existing cabinets...this is wood I cut and dried myself, basically the raw product before I make anything out of it.

No treatment, varnishes, stains etc.

 

[Steve]

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Okay...I have a Wal-Mart....right next door to TSC.

Thanks, I'll check.

 

[tnkinhunting]

On the Ash shavings, I don't know but a friend of ours is a cabinet maker and we use all his shavings - I do know he doesn't use cedar.

 

[priszilla]

I am nearly out of shavings... and worse money.I need to clean out my coop because it got wet inside .I was thinking of using newspaper for a few days-and find and caulk that leak!