Puppy pads/pine shavings question

AerianH

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Getting chicks for the first time. I see people using puppy pads & then topping with pine shavings. I assume this set up lasts longer without cleaning and that's why people do it? With this set up, how often do you clean it vs if you just use Pine shavings?

Thanks :)
 
When i hatch chicks i use puppy pads. Or some paper towel for the first few days up to a week. This is easier for chicks i find. Then i sloely add bedding in. At s bit over weeks dont put puppy pads or paper towel in just pine shavings as they will peck and eat the puppy pads. It does make cleaning easier though.
I clean every few days until i move them outside.
 
When i hatch chicks i use puppy pads. Or some paper towel for the first few days up to a week. This is easier for chicks i find. Then i sloely add bedding in. At s bit over weeks dont put puppy pads or paper towel in just pine shavings as they will peck and eat the puppy pads. It does make cleaning easier though.
I clean every few days until i move them outside.
If buying from a local store most of the time they are in bedding so mine go right to bedding then.
 
Getting chicks for the first time. I see people using puppy pads & then topping with pine shavings. I assume this set up lasts longer without cleaning and that's why people do it? With this set up, how often do you clean it vs if you just use Pine shavings?

Thanks :)
I used puppy pads but i taped them to their brooder container so they could not peck at it so they were able to use them for quite some time.
 
Getting chicks for the first time. I see people using puppy pads & then topping with pine shavings. I assume this set up lasts longer without cleaning and that's why people do it? With this set up, how often do you clean it vs if you just use Pine shavings?

Thanks :)
I was using a plastic tote, so I taped the puppy pad to the bottom of the tote so that the chickens would not slip and get splayed legs.
 
We use a plastic tote also. And we use puppy pee pads, usually two, overlapping, as one is not big enough to cover the bottom of the tote. We do not tape them down. We do not use any other bedding. The chicks do not peck the pads. We change them every evening just before bedtime. We usually start out with ten to twelve chicks in a large tote. After one week we separate the chicks into two totes, six to a tote. After three weeks we move the chicks to a large outdoor brooder with pine shavings. At six to eight weeks we integrate the chicks in with the general flock.
 

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