Chicks and wood shavngs???

Hi can anyone help??

i have just read that you shouldnt put new chicks on wood shavings because they eat it and it blocks their digestive systems.

Can anyone tell me if this is true, has anyone had trouble with chicks eating it?

ours were on sawdust and were fine (the breeder had recommended it) never saw them eating any and cant think why they would if nice chick crumb is available

thanks for replies , im happy to stay with the woodshavings now

Yes we used to use old pillow cases, sheets and duvet covers depending on how many chicks we had, but for this past year, when I put the wood shavings down, I walk all over it with those over shoe things you can get so I don't contaminate the shavings, and when we put the chicks in the brooder, I put them straight onto the trays we put their chick crumb in for the first few days.  they start eating the crumb straight away, then when they walk onto the shavings, it doesn't interest them.

If I've only got a few chicks, I too sometimes use kitchen towel in the brooder box for the first couple of days, and I've just bought a roll of corrugated cardboard which Solway feeders people use to make the brooder rings up. 

They say you could use that on the brooder floor too as the chicks wont slip.  So I've got a bit in my brooder box, but only had 1 lot of chicks on it so far.