What brand of shavings do you all use?

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

My favorite so far is Durgin and Crowell, but the generic brown bag from the feed store are ok, TSC is expensive considering how much smaller they are. This time all thatni could get was a Canadian brand that says “wood shavings” they were almost wood chips, they had an unpleasant odor to them i suspect was mixed hardwood. I had taken for granted how much odor control was gotten from the pine shavings, I certainly appreciate good shavings more than ever before. These are as about as absorbent as wax and after one night the smell was unbelievable.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

We use the coarse shavings from TSC. They're like 6 bucks for a big bag of it

 

[SolarDuck]

I've used a few brands and I like the TSC ones the best. Suncoast brand is the worst one I have tried as it was completely filled with dust and dumping them in my coop made it hard to breathe.

 

[itsasmallfarm]

i use what ever i can get. my local farm supply store has a local brand or either some brand from Alberta.

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

We use the coarse shavings from TSC. They're like 6 bucks for a big bag of it

If i buy by the pallet the D&C ones i get are 4.75 a bag if i buy a pallet, and are 9.4 cu/ft per bag vs 8 for the TSC.. it adds up. If i had the space i would get a dump truck load loose.

 

[BReeder!]

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[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

I use the coarse shavings (white bag) from TSC. I’ve tried other brands, but have found their shavings to be the best quality so far (absorbent, low dust, pleasant odor). I usually wait until they are on sale, then stock up. Another local feed store has brown bags of shavings that are almost as good, but they aren’t as compressed, so a similar sized bag doesn’t have nearly as much.

I will say that I haven’t put too much effort into looking elsewhere though as my small flock doesn’t go through them overly quickly. Do you have any friends with horses? I feel like horse folks would be the best ones to ask as they buy it by the truck load and are pretty picky about quality since horses are such sensitive beasts!

 

[Imammusa]

I get mine straight from wood workshop

 

[Stoney Meadow Maple]

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I hear good things about farm and fleet, dont have any near me unfortunately. I feel bad for mine right now, that can't be very comfortable on little duck feet.

 

[Mvan42]

I was buying the ones from tractor supply but now visit thw neighbor who has a firewood machine and has lots of free sawdust/small chips.