cavysqueak Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 We (my husband & I) had read and had recommended to us the use of sawdust in the tray of the eglu to help make cleaning easier and to make things a bit more pleasant for the chickens. My first purpose of this topic is to first ask what people think / what they use in their tray (if anything). Especially as I have also heard that sawdust can cause respiritory problems in chickens. We are using the same pet grade sawdust that we use for our guinea pigs. I this the right sort? Also has anyone head of / seen their chickens eating the sawdust from the tray / from in between the bars? We've had our three girls for a week now & after we braved the cold & ice-snowy ground to clean them out we realised that the two were eating the sawdust, so we had to take it out & put newspaper in instead. Is this a common occurnce? Are they OK eatng a bit of sawdust? We watched them for a while, but they showed no sign of stopping because it tasted bad! Our showed interest at what the others were eating& then stopped after one beakful! Thank you in advance for any ideas / opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I use Aubiose in my Eglu tray in a layer about quarter of an inch thick, I don't bother putting paper underneath, Aubiose is excellent stuff I stopped using Aubiose for a while as one of my chickens had a cold and it seemed to be agitating it so I switched to dust extracted shavings which were also good. I'm not sure that sawdust is a good diet for the chickens - they are so daft aren't they? personally I would stop using it just in case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Don't know about a sawdust diet but I use newspaper under the bars in the poo tray and its easy to clean so never felt the need for anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
