Exactly this. I used to totally avoid Cedar due to concerns. But when I discovered that the term "Playchips," doesn't necessarily mean "not Cedar," and I was staring at a big truck load already ordered, I used it in the run. Smells so great, solves issue of mud mess and no issues with chickens and dogs. I would not test it out inside the coop, but my new opinion is that it's fine in the open air Run. All of that said, I'm in Western Cedar country....
thank you
Yeah, we have a lot of cedar in central TX. It is hard to avoid it. Thank you for your input.
Thank you. I thought about using them until I found out you never know when they are going to show up...could be a day could be weeks so I decided to look elsewhere. We actually have a local tree trimming guy that does the same thing. He keeps a list of people to drop chips off. They also have an area where you can go load them yourself for free if you do not need a truck load.. pretty cool.
Sounds good to me.
I have cedar chips (Western red) in my chip pile, a 100% cedar brooder (unknown type, the wood came from TX), and cedar trim on the coop. So having some cedar in a set up isn't necessarily a problem. The cedar on the brooder (formerly a prefab coop) wasn't very aromatic by the time we got it, and the coop trim arrived painted so no aroma at all. For the chips, we age them well and there's no aroma left, so I have no issue using it in the run and in the coop.
Do you know what type of cedar is common there?
