Shredded paper as litter?

[vicki2x2]

Anyone use shredded paper as little for newborn chicks? I was thinking it would work well, instead of pine chips. My neighbor works for an accountant and brought me a big bag of shredded paper and can get me more. So far it is working great for our new guinea pig and is less messy than pine shavings/chips.

 

[brooster]

It packs down too easy with chickens. Just turns to a smelly dirty rock!

 

[ridgefire]

I thought about using shredded paper as well. We have bags and bags of it at work. I was kinda worried about the chicks trying to eat it though. I normally have some at the house for starting bon fires, works great for that.

 

[paynemom]

I use it for lining my brooder box, but replace it every morning. It gets nasty otherwise. But so much easier than spraying out the box every day like I used to. Maybe it depends on how many chicks you have. I only had 4.