MadGardener
Songster
I'm raising my first chicks (10) that came home 4/14. They're getting more feisty by the day. I have them in a roughly 3'x4' brooder box lined with cardboard outdoors. Using the mama heating pad method. I have a UFO feeder and a trough feeder. Standard chick founts that fit a mason jar. For the most part all is good, a couple need to have poo removed from their fluff but vents are clear.
The issue I'm having is their exuberant scratching. I like having them in deep pine shavings as their feet are staying clean. But they are flinging bedding into their food and water. I have the feeders and waterers raised so the bedding is being flung into the air and landing there.
I have a little cut up box for them to hide in. I arranged the water so that it's kind of behind the box from the rest of the area. This has helped.
For more experienced folks, is there any reason why I should be wary of adding cardboard vertically to make walls? Any other no- or low-cost solutions?
The issue I'm having is their exuberant scratching. I like having them in deep pine shavings as their feet are staying clean. But they are flinging bedding into their food and water. I have the feeders and waterers raised so the bedding is being flung into the air and landing there.
I have a little cut up box for them to hide in. I arranged the water so that it's kind of behind the box from the rest of the area. This has helped.
For more experienced folks, is there any reason why I should be wary of adding cardboard vertically to make walls? Any other no- or low-cost solutions?