Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

[Finnie]

Then again, paper is derived from wood, which they eat all the time.

Like you said, they eat wood.

You guys’ chickens eat wood?!

 

[BDutch]

In the US, it is illegal for anyone other than the mail carrier to put anything inside a mailbox. So we don’t have these stickers. (Obviously we still get junk mail that companies pay postage on. No way to stop that.)

Off topic:
In our country it’s illegal to throw heavy fireworks through the mailbox. But it happens more and more at houses of people who are in some way connected to drugs. Most people in my country who live near the road have a letterbox in or next to their front door.

 

[Finnie]

Off topic:
In our country it’s illegal to throw heavy fireworks through the mailbox. But it happens more and more at houses of people who are in some way connected to drugs. Most people in my country who live near the road have a letterbox in or next to their front door.

That’s awful! One Fourth of July someone (probably kids) put firecrackers in our mailbox (down by the road, not near the house) and partially burned our mail. The sherrif came out and made a report but there was nothing they could do.

 

[gtaus]

Bought a new shredder and have embarked on cleaning out the files. Let the shredding party commence! I should have tons of shreds to add to the deep litter. Will try it and see how it goes in this humid climate.

I would love to hear how it turns out for you in Florida. As I said, I live in northern Minnesota and paper shreds work fine for me, here.

 

[gtaus]

You guys’ chickens eat wood?!

When I first got chicks, years ago, the lady working in that department told me to provide some chick grit for the chicks because sometimes they might eat some of the pine shaving bedding. I have never had a problem using pine shavings, wood chips, or paper shreds as brooder bedding, but I have always provided chick grit just in case.

I don't worry about full grown chickens picking up some wood when they eat. As far as I know, it's never been an issue.

 

[igorsMistress]

This is an interesting topic. Following so I can come back and read through as time permits.

 

[Bawkbok]

We have decaying logs in the yard from felled trees along with log pieces in the run for points of perching, they all love to nibble off these logs and do it fairly regularly. I presume there is something of nutritional value from it that is lacking in the all flock feed. i never see any bugs; they're actually eating the wood chips. Funny to watch.

 

[BDutch]

I bought a paper shredder to make bedding from the newspapers we get weekly. But the machine got stuck after a month. The thin paper winded around the knives.
The shop says the shredder is made for office paper snd there is no guarantee using it for other paper.

I managed to repair the shredder with some patience. But I won’t use anymore newspapers from now on. Office papers (old administration) is printed with a laser printer and this ink is not eatable.
The only paper thats left is probably paper from 6 (not glossy) magazines we receive every month.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I get my shredded paper from the bank my DH works at, bags of it. Ask at some of the offices around you, they should be delighted to let you have it, it will keep it out of the local landfill.

 

[BDutch]

I get my shredded paper from the bank my DH works at, bags of it. Ask at some of the offices around you, they should be delighted to let you have it, it will keep it out of the local landfill.

Most offices here work paperless nowadays. And almost all printed paper , especially the office papers is reused to produce new paper here. So I dont think they will be pleased if I try to collect their office papers.

We don’t have landfills for normal garbage anymore. We have different containers for paper, glass, plastic-metal-drink cartons , veggies-fruit -garden waste, clothes, and at the recycle station there even more (batterie, wood, etc.

It’s re-used, burned or exported.

I mainly wanted to save money bc the wood-shavings, and other litter has become very expensive.