Sand or bedding in brooder?

[mochicken]

I have 14 chicks that are around 10 days old in a Rubbermaid "brooder" in the house, they have been on paper towels since they hatched but they are making a mess of it too fast even though we change it 3 times a day they still are getting a lil stinky.

I use sand in my coops and my chickens do fine but I have never used sand in a brooder before, would it be ok to use that or do I need to use pine bedding?

 

[dolly85]

At this age they will do fine on some wood shavings. You will notice the smell is not nearly as bed! They will pick at it some at first, but by this age they know what food is and won't eat enough to hurt them.

 

[AlienChick]

I only use paper towels for the first day or two in order to see that their poop looks normal.

After that they're on shavings. And I use a deep litter of shavings in the brooder so it doesn't smell.

 

[Chris09]

The only thing I will use in my brooders is sand, it works a lot better than wood shavings.

Chris