We have been keeping various chicks for the last 3 months. We started it with 4H and hatching some EE's. They gave us pine shavings and all was well, except for allergies to Pine. After that we switched to the Aspen Bedding that is sold at WM and did not have any issues. We used that up until this week and we bought a much larger cheaper bale of Aspen Bedding at TSC since no one had issues in the span of a couple months, including some petite Bob White chicks.
The day after putting the TSC Aspen bedding into the brooder boxes we had 3 of our BO chicks start having balance issues. We removed and cleaned the boxes out and replaced it with with the WM material. The smallest chick ended up dying and the other two are getting better as time goes by. The biggest difference in the material was the size of the chips and neither has a discernable odor.
We can only assume it was the bedding and I was wondering if any one else has had an experience like this.
Thanks for any feedback.
Bill
The day after putting the TSC Aspen bedding into the brooder boxes we had 3 of our BO chicks start having balance issues. We removed and cleaned the boxes out and replaced it with with the WM material. The smallest chick ended up dying and the other two are getting better as time goes by. The biggest difference in the material was the size of the chips and neither has a discernable odor.
We can only assume it was the bedding and I was wondering if any one else has had an experience like this.
Thanks for any feedback.
Bill