bedding for chicks

  1. LoloCluckCluck

    Can you give chicks herbs?

    Hello! This is my first time raising chicks (they arrive in three weeks!!) and I am in the midst of gathering all of my supplies. While at the store a stranger recommended the herbed bedding to help with smell and give the chicks a treat. However, is that actually sound advice? Can chicks eat...
  2. horror_trashcan

    Questions about bedding, wasps and others

    I am wondering if pine needles are safe for chicks as I've read that they can be used in coops with grown chickens. I would like them to be able to scratch and dig however I think they are too young for dirt (4 days) and I read that grass clippings can get stuck in their crops. If grass is...
  3. TyRi

    Bedding Change

    Quick question that I would like some reassurance. My 8 week old chicks moved to the coop tonight! They have been on tsc wood shavings since coming home and when i went a last weekend i could not find them! I instead got the horse bedding pellets and aspen fiber horse bedding and got it all in...
  4. TyRi

    Nesting pads in brooder?

    I just saw an advertisement for “brooder pads” which look just like nesting pads for the coop. Has anyone had experience putting nesting pads in the brooder for the floor/bedding then taking them out to clean and replacing? Seems like it would not clean very well but figured I’d ask!
  5. No nonsense old freezer brooder

    No nonsense old freezer brooder

    I've been meaning to do an article on brooders for a while but never got around to it. This is a brooder I've used since 2007. I've made fancier brooders since then but they've never worked as well as this old simple one. As you can tell from the pictures, there is not much to it. It's an old...
  6. K

    Possible Crop Impaction - Our Chicks Passed Away Suddenly :(

    My wife and I are new to raising chicks and just dealt with an emergency where we lost most of our flock. We originally purchased 14 chicks and kept them inside until they had most of their feathers. We moved them out to the coop this past weekend, where they were more fascinated with the pine...
  7. luckycluk

    When to buy chicks

    I want get more chicks but not sure when to get them. I live in NC. I have a heat lamp n baby swimming pool. What type of bedding? Straw? I will have them in my house. I have a tractor coop along with my big coop n enclosed run. My little tractor coop is like 3 ft wide and 5-6 ft long. I plan...
  8. Dsearle

    New Faverolle Flock in Cleveland MO!

    Hello! New Chicken Flock here! Bought 15 straight run Faverolle chicks from Heartland Hatchery here in Missouri about 3 weeks ago. Chicks are growing nicely I believe. No real issues as of yet. Have lots of cool feathering starting now- they are so different. Will be cool to see how they all...
  9. K

    4 week old chick wheezing and gurgling, dirty vent, weird neck motion.

    Hi I'm a first time chick owner, I got 9 silkie (probably mixed) chicks 3 weeks ago, two of them were 2 weeks old and 7 of them 1 week old. I'm in a small city in Mexico now, and the local resources are quite limited. I've been feeding them the only commercial chick starter (I believe it's...
  10. A

    Cat litter or play sand for quail bedding ?

    I have 6 2 weeks old quail and I'm housing them in a midwest ground guinea pig cage. The cage doesn't have a wire bottom which means I have to clean it out every day to prevent it from smelling (man do they poop a lot). I'm considering using some sort of non-toxic cat litter or sand as bedding...
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  11. Platy04

    Are rice hulls safe for chicks?

    We just got some new chicks and have been using paper towels as bedding in the brooder, but I thought the rice hulls may be easier to clean and more fun for the chicks to scratch around in. Would it be safe to use rice hulls or could the chicks get hurt trying to eat them or something?
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