poopy feet in brooder

[camchick]

Ok so im once again hatching more quail lol and I have some of those nice (cheap) plastic brooder boxes you can get. I have tried paper towels, non slip matting etc for the floor. Now every day when I come home and having to 'de-poop' my chicks feet. Getting quite annoying now so does anyone have any suggestions as a way to reduce the poop feet? I was thinking maybe a fine wire mesh so their mess can fall through. And I was thinking, maybe wrongly, it would be ok for grip?


thanks in advance guys

 

[hearts34]

Maybe a light dusting of kids-safe play sand ?

 

[TwoCrows]

Use some sort of absorbant bedding like pine shavings, sand, pellets or even get them on wire. Poopy feet is not good for spreading cocci.

 

[Tikkajazz94]

depends on how many quail chicks. I use a hamster cage. I put newspaper down than papertowels. That way no mess stains the cage. I clean it out once a day, No matter what. After a week, I do Pine shavings on top of Newspaper.

 

[camchick]

Thats great advice guys, thanks