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Anyone have any leads based in West Sussex or can deliver to that area.
Sorry, no horsey suppliers,,, which I only add to intentionally wind up our equine friends
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Wood shavings for poultry
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surreydodger
, 23 Aug 2011 22:16
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Posted 23 August 2011 - 22:16
surreydodger
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In connection with our latest, we are in need of a few bales of wood shavings for our chicks.
Anyone have any leads based in West Sussex or can deliver to that area.
Sorry, no horsey suppliers,,, which I only add to intentionally wind up our equine friends
Anyone have any leads based in West Sussex or can deliver to that area.
Sorry, no horsey suppliers,,, which I only add to intentionally wind up our equine friends
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 08:46
surreydodger
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Problem solved 
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 10:09
Cornish Gems
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SD - just a word of warning regarding wood shavings for poultry, sometimes the shavings break up into small enough pieces for the chicks to try to eat and this will not agree with their digestive system. We once lost a chick a day, until we stopped using shavings and then the deaths stopped. We had seen them pecking at the shavings but had thought they were gleaning chick crumbs which had 'jumped' out of the feeder. So for the first 2 weeks now we use newspaper which can then go on to the compost heap and then either use shavings or straw, depending on what is easily available.
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 11:05
surreydodger
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Thx CG,
I had read something simlilar to that yesterday and the way they combatted it was to put down a linen sheet over the shavings. The chicks then learnt what food was and after few days the sheet is taken away.
Not sure I'd be allowed to put the soiled sheet through the family washing machine though in a hurry
I had read something simlilar to that yesterday and the way they combatted it was to put down a linen sheet over the shavings. The chicks then learnt what food was and after few days the sheet is taken away.
Not sure I'd be allowed to put the soiled sheet through the family washing machine though in a hurry
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 11:30
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Brilliant thanks SD. We had been looking for more uses for the old white linen sheets that became redundant with the advent of duvets. Using them as rags is not making much of an inroad in the piles.
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Posted 24 August 2011 - 21:22
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Hi SD
I have a supply of free shavings from a friend with a wood work shop he just drops it off at my field , usualy about 2-3 black bags a week , i have even started using it for the pigs , never seen them come out of their hut so clean , anyway i used newspaper under the chicks for 5 days then these shavings with no problems and still have 14 out of 14 chicks now 25 days old , i just threw it up in the air (winnowed) to get the dust out of it for the first pen full .
Shepie
I have a supply of free shavings from a friend with a wood work shop he just drops it off at my field , usualy about 2-3 black bags a week , i have even started using it for the pigs , never seen them come out of their hut so clean , anyway i used newspaper under the chicks for 5 days then these shavings with no problems and still have 14 out of 14 chicks now 25 days old , i just threw it up in the air (winnowed) to get the dust out of it for the first pen full .
Shepie
