Official BYC Poll: What Bedding Do YOU Use in The Brooder?

[1cock2hens]

I use dry oak leaves

 

[Hermits Garden]

I have a mix of pine shavings and straw in my coop--it's the brooder too, as the chicks have the whole 8 x 10 space to run wild in.

 

[Dr Evy]

I start off the first couple days with old rags, just so the chicks don’t eat the shavings. Then I switch to pine shavings.

 

[ChicksnMore]

I use alfalfa. I always have it around, it's nutritious, it's easy to clean and composts fast.

I use the fine leaves for younger chicks and larger for older. I don't break up a flake for the brooder...I use what I clean up from the floor of the hay barn. I always clean between deliveries and set that aside to use for my birds. It makes a great bedding for babies and treat for the adults. Everything from peacocks to canaries love it.

 

[Prop toe]

Can't use hemp .I smoked it all.Lol

 

[The Moonshiner]

Can't use hemp .I smoked it all.Lol

Then got the munchies and ate the chicks?
Problem solved, no bedding needed for you.

 

[NevadaEmma]

This is a thread to discuss what bedding you use! I've seen tons of different beddings/floors for chick brooders, such as shavings, pellets, puppy pads, sand, newspaper, drop cloths, paper towels, straw, hemp... I'm sure the list could go on and on!

It's easy: Just post what bedding you use in your poultry brooders, and why!

Rules - Please read, there aren't that many, and it will only take a couple seconds of your day.

• All BYC rules apply
• Keep it on topic-pictures of your floof babies are ok, as long as there's bedding in the picture, but let's not talk about your siblings axolotl here
• Be kind, and respect each others opinions
• Don't judge
• Have fun!

That's it! Post away!

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For the first few days I use old flannel sheets ripped to the size of the plastic bin, over pine shavings.

 

[NevadaEmma]

Just hatched these goslings over the last two days. They are doing great, peeping loudly, but still a bit wobbly.

 

[ZoomiesMom72]

Newspaper shredded the first week.And now we are using this.
Next we will use pine shavings and wheat staw.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Satin sheets sprinkled with Moon dust that I picked up on one of the stops in my Galactic travels...