Quail baby bedding?

[Robo]

That stinks a tab bit though doesn't it?

 

[JJMR794]

Quote:
WHAT STINKS?

 

[Robo]

Without bedding it ples up and there is no scent to cover it. When I tried towels they didn't stay clean long.

 

[LadyNai]

We are composting ours - my dad works for the state so lots of shredded documents.

It actually doesn't stink too badly at all. Of course I used a fairly deep litter method for it but it does work rather nicely.

Nai, who got two warm days and got all but one quail OUTSIDE! WOOT! (the last one is scabby so he can't go out til he's better)

 

[greenriver]

Question: We have corn cob bedding around here. Anyone use that for new chick brooder bedding?

 

[JJMR794]

New Chicks Need A Non Slip Surface For The 1st Few Days Til Those Hock Joints Set And Spraddle Leg Is Longer A Possibility... Then The Corn Cob Should Work.


Robo I Use The Towels For No More Than 1 Week.... I Change Them Once They Start Getting Dirty... I Have No Odor Issues. Once On Newspapre I Again Change It When It Gets Dirty... So No Stink.

In My Case The Newspapers Are Free... Once Soiled They Get Thrown In The Trash. So Its About The Cheapest Bedding One Can Have.

 

[kingmt]

WoW!

I think you guys came along just in time to answer the OP.

 

[For my girl]

Old thread - but I've always used shavings. I'm tired of the dust I get from it though. Has anyone used the wood pellet bedding? We incubate and brood in our house. During the spring, summer and fall they go outside pretty quickly - but it's cold enough that they need to be inside long enough that the dust is a problem. I've heard the pellets are good, but I wonder if they make less dust and whether quail chicks would try and eat them (I don't use the fine shavings because they eat them, and they make more dust).

 

[le_bwah]

Old thread - but I've always used shavings. I'm tired of the dust I get from it though. Has anyone used the wood pellet bedding? We incubate and brood in our house. During the spring, summer and fall they go outside pretty quickly - but it's cold enough that they need to be inside long enough that the dust is a problem. I've heard the pellets are good, but I wonder if they make less dust and whether quail chicks would try and eat them (I don't use the fine shavings because they eat them, and they make more dust).

I've used pellets for brooding. No smell, minimal mess, changed them out infrequently, just stirred them around every day. The chicks bathed in the sawdust once it was broken down, and that's about the point I'd clean out the brooder and add new pellets. Never had a problem with chicks eating them.

 

[paneubert]

I've used pellets for brooding. No smell, minimal mess, changed them out infrequently, just stirred them around every day. The chicks bathed in the sawdust once it was broken down, and that's about the point I'd clean out the brooder and add new pellets. Never had a problem with chicks eating them.

From all I have read, it seems folks are about 50/50 when it comes to leaving the pellets whole versus "fluffing" them back to their sawdust state by adding a little water. I plan to use wood pellets for my chicks this Spring, but can't decide which method I will use.....

I also still have a couple bags of "carefresh" bedding, which is basically grey looking soft fluffy paper/cardboard, that I assume is just recycled or byproduct from paper pulp factories. Used that last year and worked really well. Size is large enough that there is no risk they eat it, there is virtually no dust, and it absorbs a lot of liquid. I usually have a layer of puppy pee pads under whatever bedding I use. Sometimes I am extra lazy and just brood them on the pee pads for a few days, then dump in a thick layer of bedding right on top without changing out the pee pads.....haha.