Walnut shells for litter

[labradors]

Super! I see a trip to Princess Auto in my future :)

Linda

[Jaye]

if you are really concerned you can find Opta minerals (supplier to princess auto) online and call them. https://www.optaminerals.com

Bert Weiss, executive member of ECSONG - Eastern Chapter Society of Ontario Nut Growers

Thanks, for the info, Bert. I just checked out the Opta minerals website, and it looks like they also sell a corn cob abrasive. It has several of the same properties as the crushed walnut shell abrasive: porous – can be used to absorb contaminants, organic - renewable and environmentally friendly.
It is made from the hard woody ring of the corn cob. I think it would be compostable too. I wonder if chickens would eat it? If not, it might be a good alternative for those with nut allergies.

[baronrenfrew]

just reviewing my post- i come across as "the professor" know it all "pain in the ass superior" type, that's not my style, but when writing stuff you really have to choose your words to get context right. It is my style to become an "expert" on something when I search somethinng. everything except chicken genetics- to that I must defer to wllady and others here.

to me when they get talking about chicken genetics- that really is Greek to me.

[Killerbunny]

Not at all Bert - just good info!

[JP*]

@ baronrenfrew,

Your post doesn't come across snooty at all but I know what you mean regarding tone.

[WLLady]

I can attest to berts statement that black walnut is hard to get out of the shell lol. We have black walnuts...beautiful wood. Nasty juglone and not worth the effort to get into. And nope they dont compost well and its hard on grass growing around the trees. But theyre black walnut...

[SusanH]

Bert the tone was just right for imparting factual info. Thanks for that.
Linda, if you try the shells - or the corn cob! I would love to hear about it.
Jaye, thanks for the info re corn cob! I wonder if it's cheaper. I wonder, too, about the absorbency factor, if it would hold moisture. Maybe I will try a bag and use my cats as guinea pigs to see how it does for dust and odour and moisture. I use walnut shell for them now.

[dfuentes819]

Hi thank you for everyone’s feedback so what grade is everyone using?

[Mrmickey]

Nice information.