Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Feeb on September 09, 2009, 20:18
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Argh! i managed to buy Woodshavings instead of Sawdust... and the birds have been eating it... have i poisoned them :(
Not loads of it, but still a bit - can someone help? xxx Fi xxx
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you need dust extracted woodshavings, do not use sawdust, or you can use a hemp based horse bedding like hemcore.
all can come from a good mill or large petstore.
i use both hemcore and shavings, occasionally a chuck will have a peck at them, try to get softwood shavings, usually light coloured, but if you buy it from a good store it will usually be ok
martyn
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Mine, especially the cockerel, always peck at the fresh wood shavings, must admit I was alarmed the first time they did it - but nothing surprises me any more with what a chicken will eat! :lol:
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Brilliant! i am glad Phoenix isnt going mad bless her!