Tips for minimizing smell and dust in indoor brooder?

[wolfpack65]

OK, I have been using the pine shavings from TSC for the bedding for my chicks but OMG...the dust!! Is it just from the pine shavings?

I'm going to clean the brooder out tomorrow and put all new fresh shavings in unless y'all can recommend something that will be a little less dusty.

I was at TSC this afternoon for more feed and saw the pellet bedding stuff and there were pictures of rabbits, chickens, horses, etc. Is it safe and is it less dusty????

 

[Flixflaxnoob]

OK, I have been using the pine shavings from TSC for the bedding for my chicks but OMG...the dust!! Is it just from the pine shavings?

I'm going to clean the brooder out tomorrow and put all new fresh shavings in unless y'all can recommend something that will be a little less dusty.

I was at TSC this afternoon for more feed and saw the pellet bedding stuff and there were pictures of rabbits, chickens, horses, etc. Is it safe and is it less dusty????

I'm using hemp bedding this year and it's been a huge difference compared to when I used pine shavings last year. It's a good bit more expensive though.

 

[wolfpack65]

I really don't care about expense (well I do, but...) so I'll look into that and see if I can find some or Amazon it.

 

[FrostRanger]

OK, I have been using the pine shavings from TSC for the bedding for my chicks but OMG...the dust!! Is it just from the pine shavings?

I'm going to clean the brooder out tomorrow and put all new fresh shavings in unless y'all can recommend something that will be a little less dusty.

I was at TSC this afternoon for more feed and saw the pellet bedding stuff and there were pictures of rabbits, chickens, horses, etc. Is it safe and is it less dusty????

Nope, chickens are just dusty animals. I sometimes see dust clouds when one of my girls shake (no exaggeration). Changing bedding won't do a thing about the dust

That said, the pelleted bedding is perfectly safe, it is just pine so it's just as safe as what you're already using

 

[wolfpack65]

OK.

So I basically just need to clean everything this weekend and again next week, etc.

That’s fine. It’s at least far enough away from cooking.


I’m thinking if I get chicks again, they are going to live in my workshop vs my house.