will try shake/stir dry chia & oats before adding wet ingredients

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I don't have any chia seeds. Can I use flax seeds or flax meal instead?

I would opt for flax meal instead of flax seeds just to make sure that they soak in the liquid and mix through without an errant seed remaining "crunchy". Flax and chia are very similar and both can be used to make "goo" to replace eggs.