Hello,
I hate to ask another repetitive dust bath question but the responses are always so mixed. So I will be making a dust bath using coarse sand and a touch of peat moss. I wouldn't mind occasionally adding a bit of dried herb or clove to the mix but I live in an area that sometimes gets a lot of rain and the old coop we just moved was a muddy mess. So I intend on remedying that but I don't want the dust bath to turn into a mud pit. I do not think I want to use DE but I am looking for the things I can add to keep it dry enough to be effective and to prevent mites. My main issue here is the mites and I understand the dust bath is a great preventative here. Which is why I posted it here not in the coop spot.
I hate to ask another repetitive dust bath question but the responses are always so mixed. So I will be making a dust bath using coarse sand and a touch of peat moss. I wouldn't mind occasionally adding a bit of dried herb or clove to the mix but I live in an area that sometimes gets a lot of rain and the old coop we just moved was a muddy mess. So I intend on remedying that but I don't want the dust bath to turn into a mud pit. I do not think I want to use DE but I am looking for the things I can add to keep it dry enough to be effective and to prevent mites. My main issue here is the mites and I understand the dust bath is a great preventative here. Which is why I posted it here not in the coop spot.