Couple of chick questions?

[Lee1]

Hello, My chicks are almost 1 week old, still on paper towels thinking about replacing with pne shavings.?

Also when do they start flying to top of brooder (brooder noy to high)? Thanks in advance.

 

[geese11]

We use woody pet they are like a pellet and don't need to change as often as pine also not as much trouble with it getting into the water when thay play around, plus it reduces the smell. I swapped from pine as they still kept trying to eat it.

 

[Judy]

Most people change over to pine shavings around 3 or 4 days old, whenever they figure out what food is. They will still eat a little of it, probably. They will probably start flying up to the top of the brooder in a week or two, if not sooner.

 

[Katydid2011]

I prefer pine pellets to pine shavings and switch over when they are a few days old. They're usually perching on the feeders and waterers by the end of week one and, depending on the depth of your brooder, could fly out.

 

[Lee1]

Thank you, I appreciate the response.

 

[ragerkid2]

What breed of chick. Do you have? Because in my light barhama brooder, they hardly even tried to fly to the top until 3/4 weeks. I also have a red sex link brooder.... They started flying on top of the brooder at 2 weeks.