[gibbo]

I have noticed my chickens pecking around at their wood chipings then swallowing it.  Do any other chickens out there do the same thing?  Will it harm them?

[GrannieAnnie]

Mine do it quite a lot, especially when you first put the clean bedding in.  They think its food, but they soon get fed up when they realise it doesn't taste of much.

[gibbo]

Yer they deffinatly do it more when i change their beding.  How naughty!  I guess it dissolves ok along with their food?

[orchardlady]

If you are concerned there is a bedding called Medi Bed. It has been treated in some way to be unpalatable.