I have one of those long skinny chick feeders and found by accident that a piece of 1 x 3 placed in front of the feeder helps to keep them from scratching pine shavings into their food. At first I sat the feeder on the board to raise it up a bit but they scooted it off the board. When I...
Before mine were directly on the shavings, I used paper towels on top of shavings. I changed the towels once or twice a day. Now that they are on just the shavings I change the bedding once it starts to smell. So, far with chicks nearly 3 weeks old, it has been every 3ish days. I put them...