Brooder Bedding

[Sweet Chicks]

My DH is alergic to pine....he stops breathing. We are getting chicks on Saturday and was wondering if anyone uses ground corn cobbs? I was planning on putting paper towels on it for the first couple of days.

This is his project that I will be finishing LOL

Thanks

 

[chicks for better health]

I think corn cobs would work well. Shredded newspaper would also do the trick

 

[skeeter]

i use paper towels then just news paper,dont like to use shavings

 

[Poison Ivy]

I just use chick starter now in the bottom works out great.

 

[Mandalina]

i am used paper towels ontop of newspaper while they were little, and now just newspaper. the pine was getting everyplace and my banty's feets were always having shavings stuck to the feathers which annoyed them.

 

[Sweet Chicks]

Thanks for the replies. DH was so excited to bring home the ground corn cobbs for bedding!!! This is our first time raising chicks, I'll use what he brought home and if I don't like it I'll change over for the next batch in May!!! We have a spare bathroom already set up for HIS babies LOL!

We are getting 6 Isa Browns on Saturday.

 

[~*Sweet Cheeks*~]

I've seen people using the puppy disposable potty pads that look like they work better than the paper towels because they cover a bigger area and absorb water from the waterer so the chicks don't get wet because they sleep everywhere in the beginning.

Good luck with you new babies.