Our new babies are 4 weeks old this week. I forgot how much they poop when they're this small.
Whatever you choose to use - it will get messy and need to be changed a lot the first couple of weeks. If you use shavings I would only use enough to cover the bottom of the brooder with newspaper underneath them. Our girls love my daughters old soccer sock (stuffed with the other sock inside it) to snuggle up on and the cardboard box to hide in and climb on. We also gave them a cardboard tube to climb on.
Whatever you choose to use - it will get messy and need to be changed a lot the first couple of weeks. If you use shavings I would only use enough to cover the bottom of the brooder with newspaper underneath them. Our girls love my daughters old soccer sock (stuffed with the other sock inside it) to snuggle up on and the cardboard box to hide in and climb on. We also gave them a cardboard tube to climb on.