coop brooder

[Dustoff79]

My chicks come next week and I will be putting them in the Coop. I have some more work to do but, basically it is ready. my question is why not shavings and why paper towels and not newspaper?

 

[katrinag]

Using paper towels gives there feet traction. Newspaper makes for a slipper surface.

 

[Jarhead]

I find that a bed of pine shavings, sprinkled with DE, then topped with 1 layer of paper towels is the way to go.

1. - Paper towels will make clean up super easy. Roll up and throw the poop out.
2. - Keeps small peeps from tasting the pine.
3. - Can clean the poop more often since it's easy to do so.
4. - Pine/DE under it helps keep the smell down.

Once the chicks are bigger (usually a week or 2 old) I stop the paper towels since they usually are more active and shred it and move them to expose the shavings anyway.

I have done it without the paper towels and with them. With is easier IMO.

- Semper Fi!

 

[Dustoff79]

Thanks, that sounds like a good plan.