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Thanks for the feedback! I have a piece of wood to put under the food and water. The little one is anxious to get out of the incubator and in with the chicks and I think she will also follow their lead. One of the chicks has a purring cheep just for her. I can hear them calling back and forth...

Thanks Mimi. I tried paper towels over the shavings but the chicks were pecking at it and eating it. They are on shavings now, in a small tote in a bathroom next to the incubator. I got these chicks to encourage a lone egg to hatch. She has hatched now and today can move into the brooder. I...

I have heard several BYCers say they use sand in their brooder. It sounds like such a good idea that I bought some and set up a brooder with it. I haven't moved my chicks from the tiny brooder they are in yet, and I'm having second thoughts. I bought regular ordinary sand. What happens if...