harmesonfarm
Songster
Hello Everyone,
Just wondering if it's ok that i put washed play sand in the brooder with my chicks who are between 3-6 weeks old...
I use this sand as part of a dust bath for the older chickens and I want the young ones to get used to it...the only thing is i noticed they would mostly just eat it...
I use pine shavings in there and i find they kind of just eat some of that too...they get sooo excited when i change it out and it's all fresh stuff, they go wild with chirping and scratching to find little bits of it to eat, is that ok too?
I looked it up a little on the forum and it seems most people say not to use it for them, but i'm just wondering why? is it dangerous if they ingest it, or something else?
As far as i know this is unbleached and washed play sand made by a concrete company so i'm hoping i can get the chicks used to it rather earlier than have them think of it as foreign.
thanks!
Just wondering if it's ok that i put washed play sand in the brooder with my chicks who are between 3-6 weeks old...
I use this sand as part of a dust bath for the older chickens and I want the young ones to get used to it...the only thing is i noticed they would mostly just eat it...
I use pine shavings in there and i find they kind of just eat some of that too...they get sooo excited when i change it out and it's all fresh stuff, they go wild with chirping and scratching to find little bits of it to eat, is that ok too?
I looked it up a little on the forum and it seems most people say not to use it for them, but i'm just wondering why? is it dangerous if they ingest it, or something else?
As far as i know this is unbleached and washed play sand made by a concrete company so i'm hoping i can get the chicks used to it rather earlier than have them think of it as foreign.
thanks!