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

[WallyG74]

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

 

[Miami Leghorn]

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Badasssssssssssss

 

[Prop toe]

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

Ohh yea bedding needed too not long afther sleep comes LOL

 

[Skyle]

I choose other sharvings but I use paper towels for the first days (with my last brood of quails I tried using puppy pads instead and they seemed to be much better), then I use beech sharvings (dedusted and sanitized)

 

[Sara S]

Straw, my babies love it for some reason. All the little wheat tops they love to eat as well!

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

I use paper towels for bedding as well as the last stages of incubation (but it has to be changed because the towels may get too wet). It is easier to clean and access. For the first two days, I also leave soft cloth towels out for the chicks to snuggle in.

 

[BDutch]

I only had broodies with chicks. So my setup is a bit bit different than most brooders.

I used a combination of sand, shavings and hay in the nestbox.

In the walk out area where the water and chick feed is I use a big old bath towel for the first days. This was a tip from another person on a Dutch/Belgium forum. It helps to prevent spreads. And it worked great never ever had a chick with spreads or any other leg problems.

After that I use sand with shavings. . After a week the chicks go outside and there I have mainly sand/soil.

 

[ChookieG]

Interesting! I had never heard of Sugar Cane Mulch before!

Hmm.... I'm in Australia so maybe it's available only in down-under?

I was told by my local feed store that Lucerne straw is just as fine.. but they don't stock the organic version so maybe that's ok only for nesting boxes..

 

[Duane_Vipera]

I just got my first baby chicks ever today... I have that crinkly cut easter basket paper stuff covered by a couple paper towels in a 10 gallon tank, at least for this first week.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Hmm.... I'm in Australia so maybe it's available only in down-under?

I was told by my local feed store that Lucerne straw is just as fine.. but they don't stock the organic version so maybe that's ok only for nesting boxes..

I looked it up, they have it in the US, I just never noticed it before. Maybe it's more common in Australia?