Eating bedding!

[Crobinson08]

Our chicks are 6 wks old and have been on the mini flake pine bedding. Tonight I switched them to the large flake bedding (all they had at the feed store) and they went crazy eating it am I freaking out for nothing? My chick anxiety is the worst we did the same thing (mini flake and then large flake) with our last group of chicks and did not have this problem.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It's exploration. As long as they have grit available and access to plenty of food/water free choice, I wouldn't really worry about it.