3 week old chicken

[Roosterfeather]

Oh my. brands from Walmart aren't that great So yeah, Tractor supply carries the best one from my experience and the large flake one is the kind I would get if I were you.

 

[Jennifer27fl]

I will be going to tractor supply this weekendthank you

 

[Roosterfeather]

This is the one that i was suggesting you could use!
It's the one i use I sure hope it works for your chicks!

 

[Jennifer27fl]

Yes I called and they have it i will be getting it this weekend

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I never had any problems using puppy pads. I sprinkle grit on it and of course they always spill some of their food and that gives them something to peck and scratch at. We change it every evening so it doesn't fray.

 

[Tookie]

I don't think puppy pads would be a good idea because i think i remember some of my girls eating it.
I'm not too sure about paper towels though, I wouldn't really want to risk it.

I've only used puppy pads with ducklings and they didn't eat it besides where they got it wet.
I know a lot of people use paper towels and it works, but of course it won't work for everyone.

View attachment 4054126

This is the one that i was suggesting you could use!
It's the one i use I sure hope it works for your chicks!

I've used this for both chicks and ducklings and it worked well for me!

 

[NatJ]

Hello. It seems my chicks are eating the small pieces of pine bedding. I am in search of large flake or large pine shavings. Any advice or recomendations would be appericated. I am afraid of they eat the smaller piece they could get binded up. Thanks

I can't tell from the title: is each chick 3 weeks old? Or do you have 3 chicks, and each is one week old?

Either way, if they always have food and water available and generally seem healthy, it should not be a big problem. I would just make sure they also have grit available too, so their gizzards can grind up whatever they do eat.

Chickens are pretty good at figuring out what they can safely eat and what they can't eat. Eating small pieces of anything is usually fine, because little pieces do not make the same kind of blockages that big pieces do.