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E Texans--Wood chip bedding for calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nite Hawk" data-source="post: 984184" data-attributes="member: 18682"><p>It is very common in this area if bedding is used at all, to use wood shavings or chips. ( high portion of beef cattle lay outside in old hay that they didn't eat) </p><p> Shavings or chips are better than saw <strong>dust</strong>, the shavings or chips don't get as clumpy-wet as quickly. Usually clumpy-wet equals high bacteria counts.</p><p> On the dairy farms it is usually shavings that is used, not straw. Easier to clean,& doesn't mat as easily as straw.</p><p>The type of wood that is used is usually used for bedding is spruce,fir, or poplar. There are stories of toxicity of some kinds of wood sawdust, don't know the truth of that or not..</p><p>Maybe someone out there knows more about that..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nite Hawk, post: 984184, member: 18682"] It is very common in this area if bedding is used at all, to use wood shavings or chips. ( high portion of beef cattle lay outside in old hay that they didn't eat) Shavings or chips are better than saw [b]dust[/b], the shavings or chips don't get as clumpy-wet as quickly. Usually clumpy-wet equals high bacteria counts. On the dairy farms it is usually shavings that is used, not straw. Easier to clean,& doesn't mat as easily as straw. The type of wood that is used is usually used for bedding is spruce,fir, or poplar. There are stories of toxicity of some kinds of wood sawdust, don't know the truth of that or not.. Maybe someone out there knows more about that.. [/QUOTE]
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