Hey y'all
I'm raising 26 meat chicks for my county fair at the end of June. They are in my garage in a 5' diameter circle pen thats 2 1/2 ' deep. Shavings have become so expensive I'm trying out cat litter. I've read the previous posts about it so I know the risks. Right now I have half their pen just shavings and 1/4 cluming litter and 1/4 clay litter. They did peck at it initially so I've covered it lightly with shavings so that they associate it with ground not the crumble start and grow they are on. They are about 13 days old and range in weight from 10oz to 14.5oz. So far everything is working and later today I'll put them outside and cover the floor with litter and then put shavings ontop. I noticed that they stay cooler if they lay on the ca litter then when they lay on the pure shavings side. Right now they are only on light, its to warm here for a heat lamp. So comments appriciated and I'll let you know how this goes.
I'm raising 26 meat chicks for my county fair at the end of June. They are in my garage in a 5' diameter circle pen thats 2 1/2 ' deep. Shavings have become so expensive I'm trying out cat litter. I've read the previous posts about it so I know the risks. Right now I have half their pen just shavings and 1/4 cluming litter and 1/4 clay litter. They did peck at it initially so I've covered it lightly with shavings so that they associate it with ground not the crumble start and grow they are on. They are about 13 days old and range in weight from 10oz to 14.5oz. So far everything is working and later today I'll put them outside and cover the floor with litter and then put shavings ontop. I noticed that they stay cooler if they lay on the ca litter then when they lay on the pure shavings side. Right now they are only on light, its to warm here for a heat lamp. So comments appriciated and I'll let you know how this goes.