Bedding for indoor brooder

[wordgirl]

I can't speak to personally using matting but it sounds like it might help to have a waterproof, protective layer over your wood floor if it's a floor you want to be using for human living later on. Maybe if you want something cheaper and temporary you could find some scrap or discounted vinyl flooring to lay over the floorboards? The chicks won't care about color or style.

Good to know about the horse pellets. You said you hydrated the pellets, correct? Just curious about how to use them.

I think when I experimented with pine it may have also been when I had ducklings...which are obviously much wetter than chicks. But I've been pretty happy with the aspen horse bedding and continue to use it.

What's your ambient temp in your coop where you are? Your older chicks look pretty feathered--maybe you could move them outside soon?

 

[Smileybans]

I have spare vynl flooring I didn’t use for a project. But I already bought the entryway mats.

Yeah I buy the bag of pellets from TSC and just add water to them. They puff up and so far the chicks love it. It’s my first time using them though.

Its in the 20s right now. It’s supposed to warm up in the next week but it’s really windy here. I’m going to integrate the older two once I have moved my brahmas out of my baby coop. Which might not be until I get my 8x10 coop. And I might not be getting that until everything thaws out. I don’t want to level it on frozen ground only to have it settle once everything melts. I hate the waiting game in March and April. All my projects go on hold until the snow is gone and the ground is soft again.