The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: sausagesandcash on January 23, 2010, 02:02:53 am
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Anyone got any views on shredded paper from an office as bedding instead of, or in conjunction with straw?
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using it for chickens and geese works well need to top it up frequently, and its free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Used to use it for the horses. It tends to fly away when moving it to the compost heap
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hose it down when you have dumped it or it will get everywhere. our council does shreaded newpaper and its ok but the pigs perfered straw
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Might see how I go with half n half.
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Great for the raised beds and to add bulk to the compost heap :)
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Can't ask for better than something free that serves two purposes! We hope to put the veg garden back in the spring!!
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Depending how wet is gets,
we use it in chooks nesting boxes, pigs and rabbits 9cos they have a special 'toilet' area) but only as a topper on wood shavings in the goat shed as they wee on it and it clumps together and is a pain to scape up!
Good as compost, we encourage junk mail and I some from work (as long as I know there's no staples in it...)
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I've been thinking about this but am a bit worried about the toner chemicals?
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Darn, hadn't though of that.
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I have a small household shredder for all my own sensitive stuff - old bank statements, letters etc. I used the shreddings for my pups with no ill effects that I know of. The way this brat tries to ambush his poor long suffering mother I doubt there are any!
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As bedding perhaps, but in a raised bed.....what nasties would get into the lovely veg?
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I would think they'd be well washed away with OUR weather ;) ;D ;D ;D