Anyone impatiently waiting for your baby chicks to arrive?!?!

[City-Chickee]

Im picking mine up from there tomorrow too, weeeeee!

You could put the cardboard up along the sides of the crate to hold on the litter. I put mine up as a barrier against my cats & dogs and then have smaller boxes connected on the inside.

AWESOME!! looks like you're ready

 

[gabs1477]

I am trying to figure out what I should use for my brooder, and what the best bedding is, any suggestions?

 

[ladycat]

I am trying to figure out what I should use for my brooder, and what the best bedding is, any suggestions?

A cardboard box and pine shavings.

 

[RR1011]

That construction in Polk threw me off a bit. I called Meyers though and they gave me good directions to get around it. Had a good 2 hr drive home. Babies are doing great! Ive been staring at them all night and noticed they love their chests rubbed. Awwwwww so happy.

 

[gabs1477]

A cardboard box and pine shavings.

Do aspen shavings work? I noticed that they have them at petsmart and they are a lot bigger of chips. A book I read says that pine shavings could be mistaken for food.

 

[RR1011]

Do aspen shavings work? I noticed that they have them at petsmart and they are a lot bigger of chips. A book I read says that pine shavings could be mistaken for food.

You could use shelf liner over newspaper like I did. I read from others it helps keep them from slipping. I've also seen people put paper towels over their shavings so they don't eat them.

 

[Varglet]

I honestly have never covered my shavings and haven't had a problem with it. If they do eat the little pieces, no one has gotten impacted yet.

Probably jinxed myself.

 

[nj2wv]

I only cover the shavings with paper towels for the first few days only to give them better traction when walking not because they eat the shavings.

 

[tash]

There are some threads on here about shavings vs pellets. I was going to use shavings, even got some from TSC. But then I went with pellets.

 

[City-Chickee]

Do aspen shavings work? I noticed that they have them at petsmart and they are a lot bigger of chips. A book I read says that pine shavings could be mistaken for food.

I would think aspen shavings would be okay - or anyways that was what I was always told for my guinea pigs

The thing you want to avoid is cedar chips.

So you guys only cover the chips for a couple days? Would puppy pads work as cover?