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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: mojocafa on April 17, 2013, 05:13:56 pm

Title: Moving chicks
Post by: mojocafa on April 17, 2013, 05:13:56 pm

I am going to move 3 week old chicks from house to outbuilding. They will still have heat to sit under , however what will I put on floor, shavings, straw, hay?

Cheers mojo

Title: Re: Moving chicks
Post by: taz08 on April 17, 2013, 05:46:29 pm

shavings
defo not hay it can strangle there legs

Title: Re: Moving chicks
Post by: in the hills on April 17, 2013, 06:26:35 pm

Yes, shavings.  :thumbsup: