Brooder Pads for Chicks (25 Pack)

This is my first time trying these, I’ve always used pine shavings in the past. They were great for newly hatched chicks, much more stable footing than shavings or paper towel. They didn’t smell bad, and although they shed a little of the surface material it’s not bad. The mats are on a brown paper base layer and they will get damp within a day or two depending on how many chicks…easiest way I found was to line the brooder box with a disposeabke puppy pee pad, then these over it. When it’s time to change, I just rolled up the puppy pad with all the chicken dropping pads inside. Would definitely use again next hatching season.Note…don’t use these with ducklings. They don’t work with webbed feet, and get saturated quickly. Chickens, turkeys, peafowl? All great.

Unfortunately, I thought these would be very easy to use and keep the coop cleaner. However, we have three ducks so to be fair I would not try it with doc's. It might work fine with chickens, but it did not work for me with my chickens and ducks

After trying different products in the nesting boxes to help prevent cracking these nesting pads have been amazing!