how do you keep your chicks feet clean from poop?

[chefchick]

I use puppy pads for two or three days, then switch to pine shavings.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

That's pretty bad on the black one but the yellow isn't too bad. Just soften it, then wipe it off.

 

[Ashdoes]

That seems very large for only 5 chicks.

It seems large till they're 3weeks, now I'm wondering how much longer I can possible keep them in there. They grow quick, and the space shrinks even quicker.
Good luck controlling all that poo

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Yeah, I move mine to either two separate brooders or the chicken house and that time. I really wanted to wait until they were 18 weeks before I started free ranging them, but they were so obnoxious in there! I moved them out at about 13 weeks.

It makes me sad to look at their baby pictures, I realize how fast they grew up!

 

[PulletSurpriseWinner]

This is our second batch of chicks, and we've had good luck starting them on paper towels over pine shavings. We give them as much floor space as possible. The towels were changed daily until day three, then removed.

Once the splay leg danger is over and they realize shavings aren't good eating, it's okay for them to be directly on the shavings. USE COARSE SHAVINGS when starting, because they do experiment and they can't eat a big shaving. Since they're with a hen this time, I remove the hen turds as I notice them. She's not eating as much as usual, though, and there are only a few poops from her each day. Overall, it's an easy system to keep clean and the chicks' feet don't get crusty.

Hope this is some use to you.

 

[MonsterClucker]

Those are all qreat ideas!

So far since I've removed most of the paper towel ur dosent seem to be building up as bad and I dis wash their feet. So I guess its pretty much under control.

The 14 meaties (1 passed last night) are going to their outdoor pen at 3 weeks so it'll just be the 10 BR and the 2 BBW poults. I lights even pur those in the meaty pen since they eat like them.

But yea I've been looking at my brooder with scrutiny thinking OD expanding it. So we might have a bigger brooder in the happs!

 

[Ashdoes]

Yeah, I move mine to either two separate brooders or the chicken house and that time.  I really wanted to wait until they were 18 weeks before I started free ranging them, but they were so obnoxious in there! I moved them out at about 13 weeks.

It makes me sad to look at their baby pictures, I realize how fast they grew up!

 

They really are obnoxious! two nights ago one hop kicked at another, and flung poop out of the brooder, across my pants and onto my BARE foot. I looked at my husband and said, finish the run, they go out next week.

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

They really are obnoxious! two nights ago one hop kicked at another, and flung poop out of the brooder, across my pants and onto my BARE foot. I looked at my husband and said, finish the run, they go out next week.

Ha!

For me it was jumping out of the brooder and running around the house when we were gone! Luckily, it was our laundry room and everything was covered in plastic and the floor was concrete!

 

[satay]

Im changing the paper towels at least 4 or 5 times a day. I don't like them walking through the poop.
So your chicks don't have poop on their feet?

No i do have a really large brooder.

 

[Lidea teapot]

As soon as I'm finished cleaning mine seem too look for poop to run through.