Ok another brooder question .....my 8 chicks,will,be 3 weeks on Tuesday when I clean there brooder I always put some of those doggie pee pads down then the pine shaving on top of them, the problem is as soon as they start scatching the pads or dug up moved all,around,so do I still need to put the pads down in my huge cardboard brooder.
Red:
I don't think cardboard will serve you very well.....chicks can be a bit messy and will spill water and peck at everything (including the pads)...they might even eat some....I use newspaper and a dog crate.....my two cents....