Well I have to say that I'm sorry about your chicks, but I have seen this happen myself. I was at the local feed store and there was an impetuous young lad that decided to go put his boot to the side of a stock tank where the chicks were and two in their squeaked and tipped right over dead. Now...
I've been using cardboard bedding for the past few months and it's working great I love repurposing and cardboard is basically free. I recently purchased a bonsai 169-b it's a 14 sheet shredder (Amazon) it'll take cardboard as big as its opening and it will happily munch it up with no...