Poult bedding?

[Anita Scott]

Has anyone ever used the peeled red cedar bark for bedding? We have an abundance of it and the poults will be hatching next week.

 

[R2elk]

Has anyone ever used the peeled red cedar bark for bedding? We have an abundance of it and the poults will be hatching next week.

I would not put poults or keets on ot for at least the first two weeks and definitely not without providing them with grit.

I live on a sand dune so my choice for bedding is sand that I dig up.

 

[Anita Scott]

I would not put poults or keets on ot for at least the first two weeks and definitely not without providing them with grit.

I live on a sand dune so my choice for bedding is sand that I dig up.

Would you recommend anything other than paper? I line my brooder with empty grain bags, always have plenty of those around.

 

[R2elk]

Would you recommend anything other than paper? I line my brooder with empty grain bags, always have plenty of those around.

I like anything that can clearly be differentiated from feed. Sand is free for me so that is what I use. It works well since it is a poult's instinctive behavior to peck at things on the ground. I sprinkle the starter on the sand bedding and my poults usually start eating within minutes of having been put in the brooder.

 

[rum3002576]

I use the bags of pine shavings from tractor supply.