- May 9, 2014
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I have been researching and reading up on chicken knowledge, somewhere I thought I read that Cedar chips were toxic to chicks? So I made sure I bought pine chips, but recently I read that someone was using cedar chips under hay for her hens because it helped keep down on the smell. My questions are... is cedar toxic to chicks only or not at all? What is the best bedding to use for my hens when they are in the coop? I was going to continue using the pine chips on the henhouse floor and chopped hay in the nesting boxes. Or should I put a mixture of pine chips and chopped hay on the henhouse floor. I also heard you should put chips or hay in the run to keep it dry, is this true? Also chopped hay... do you buy it chopped or do you buy a bail of hay and chop it? Sorry so many questions but I know although I research and read you all will give the best answers from experience. Thank you Jrhy.