Corn Cob Bedding!

[cochinbantam-lover]

Hi all,
Went to the pet store and did not find the pine pellet bedding they said they had!

So I got some corn cob bedding instead. They said that is what they use at the store for their chicks so I thought I would give it a try!!

I would like to know if anyone here uses it and if it has worked out for them?

Thanks!

 

[Ravenna]

I would be sort of worried about them pecking/trying to eat the cob and choking. :O If you have a Walmart close by, the sell huge things of pine shavings for $6+ in the pet section. Pine shavings work great!

 

[stormylady]

I got some and tried it, because the rural king uses it for there chicks and said it was much better than the pine shavings.......not with my experience, the stuff was sticky and kept sticking to there little fuzzy butts. I didn't get it at rural king I got it at a local feed store and the cob seemed smaller bits then they had a rural king but I still think I wouldn't buy it again, that was a mess! and my chicks did eat some of it but I guess it didn't hurt them any but still.......... Also I found that if the chicks spill there water on it and you don't clean it up right away, (which of course you should) but i was at work so it set wet under the heat lamp all night and ewwwww it really stunk bad the next morning! IMO i would stick with the shavings. Sandy

 

[EweSheep]

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I've tried it with Rural King's corn cob bedding and it was ok if it is DRY, no rain. If it gets wet anywhere, it stinks and sucks as absorbing agent. I hated it now!

So from now on, its pine shavings for me!

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

Boy now I'm really confused

as to what to use as I have heard so many things good and bad about the different kinds of beddings that are used for the chicks.

My chicks are a week old now and ever since I got them I have been using the puppy piddle pads and I just may stick with them as they are easy to change, you can keep the brooder nice and clean without dust from any bedding or any smell or risk of making your chicks sick in any way as that has been my experience so far. Probably will run into some cash used but I think in the long run it will be worth it for myself and my chicks as well.

Thanks guys for your replies, and have a great weekend! Hope all the chicks are doin good!

 

[cybercat]

If you do not have a TSC try a local feed store not a pet store. Corn cob will smell when wet. Shavings are better but will also smell when wet. Pine or wood pellets will not as much as the other 2. Another place to check would be a fireplace or barbacue store as they carry them also. Look in the yellow pages of your phone book under feed store to find one near you. Oh and where you will find them in a pet store is the cat litter section not dog section or small rodents.

 

[Rex Mom]

I've been using the corn cob bedding and it works ok... I figured I'd use up the large back I bought when they were new. What smells when wet isn't the corn cob bedding... it's the feed and poop! I had it happen to me... which goes along with the theory that as long as the chickens are kept in a dry place they don't smell... but get that wet and man is it nasty!! Wood pellets are great I use them for my rabbits.., absorb great and help deodorize. You can find them at hardware stores that carry them for pellet stoves... even Safeway carries them in the winter. So use whatever you have available nearest you... just raise those waterers as they grow so they don't get water all over the bedding. Lil stinkers!

Susan

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

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Thankyou!

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

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Thanks alot!

 

[SimplyForties]

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Our chicks are about the same age and I'm with you on the puppy pads. Easy to use and easy to keep the brooder clean. I've read in several places on here that at about 4 weeks of age they tear the pads up so much with their scratching that they become impractical. Until then I plan to keep using them!