dust bath

  1. TheChiggens

    Dust-bathing Action Shots! Did Yours Today?

    Chickens get dirty to take a bath! ... A chicken dust bath helps to remove excess oil, as well as external parasites like lice and mites. A dirt bath also maintains the water-resistance of the outer feathers of a chicken. Dust bathing is an important part of keeping chickens healthy and clean...
  2. How To Make A Perfect Dust Bath

    How To Make A Perfect Dust Bath

    I have recently designed a dust bath that my quail L❤︎VE! Ingredients: Sand (Or dirt) Mealworms Favorite feed Favorite treats A container shellfish crumbles And that's it. Instructions: sprinkle some shellfish, mealworms and favorite treats in the container add some sand (dirt) on top...
  3. waywind

    Charcoal Dust Bath

    Hi all, So I've seen alot of posts about using charcoal ashes in dust baths; I don't have facilities for an open fire yet so was just wondering if just buying a bag all natural wood charcoal from my local hardware store and manually crushing that to add is okay? I've read charcoal is safe for...
  4. gtaus

    Is a dust bath necessary if you have a deep litter coop?

    I am getting ready for my next project, a dust bath. However, before I start, I want to make sure I'm not wasting my time. My coop has a deep litter system of primarily wood chips (4-6 inches deep). Currently, the 10 week old chicks will dig a hole in the wood chips and make their own dust bath...
  5. farmerkale

    When to introduce a dust bath?

    Hello everyone! We have 12 mixed chicks (all females) ranging from 5-6 weeks that we currently have inside while we build our coop. Their container has a layer of pine shaving bedding on the bottom and they seem to love to sit in it, scoot their butt around, and flap their wings. They've done...
  6. tarnte

    A chick that never dust bath while others do

    Hi, I’m pretty new to backyard chicken. Got 3 baby chicks that are close to 5 weeks old. (Rhode Island Red, Silver laced Wyandotte and Buff Orpington). I took them outside to play in the yard and the Rhode Island Red and Silver Wyandotte stated to take their dust bath for like 15-20 minutes...
  7. trumpeting_angel

    Dust bath risk?

    My 10-day-old chicks gather round any one who decides to take a dust bath (in the pine shavings) and peck her, apparently due to the yummy pine dust all over their backs. You can barely see the bathing chick in these pictures - she is another Buff Orp. I’ve felt their pecks - they seem very...
  8. ZooAtHome

    How soon can I add a dust bath?

    I have chicks that range, I think, from about 1 1/2 to 3 weeks. I'm using pine pellets in the brooder and they are digging down to the dust so they can bathe. I want to give them some dirt from their future run mixed with a little wood ash from our pellet stove, maybe even include a dandelion...
  9. My First Chicken Coop/Run and How I'm Building a Better, Bigger Coop for New Baby Chick Arrival

    My First Chicken Coop/Run and How I'm Building a Better, Bigger Coop for New Baby Chick Arrival

    I got the chicks before the eggs! This will be my second year of raising chicks. I got five 2 week old chicks from TSC last year on a whim - no supplies yet except the pine flake, feeder, waterer, and feed I got the same day. Put them all in a big cardboard box on the porch (one of them died...
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  10. MotherOfChickens

    Is this safe?

    So I am outside breaking down dead branches into smaller pieces to burn and use in my bird's dust bath. I noticed that the branches are covered in lichen moss/algae. I also know chickens will eat wood ash... So, is lichen safe if it is burned into ash along with the wood and the birds eat it?
  11. thecreekhouse

    How can I create a dust bath in my narrow run?

    Here is my coop and run. The run is 14 feet long. I have six hens. Obviously the run is sort of narrow although it’s plenty big enough overall for my flock. It’s a chicken tractor so I move my hens to fresh grass every 1-2 days. Anyway, what would you say the best way to create a dust bath in my...
  12. MichelleKing

    Serama chick question

    Behavior question. first time serama owner.... completely smitten and obsessed with my littles. I have 5 serama chicks that are now about 2.5 weeks old. I noticed them kicking their food around and then dustbathinf in it often. I’ve never had chicks dustbathe before so young. Can someone tell...
  13. Krazy_chicken_lady1205

    Dust bath for chicks?

    i was wondering about how I should make a dust bath for my 2 week old chicks I’ve notice a lot of them are trying to dust bath in the brooder, should I just use dirt or is there something else I need to use.
  14. MichelleKing

    Dust bathing obsessively

    i have birds dustbathing obsessively. Literally almost rolling around in their baths. They have three baths available to them. Can someone recommend an edible dust bathing product (besides me going out and getting dirt). I need something I can buy on a regular basis that doesnt smell bad...
  15. Thechickentrainer1999

    Dust bath ideas.

    Any ideas on where I can get 100% natural safe dirt for a dust bath for my hens?
  16. jaymean

    Sand or dust alternatives?

    Hi everyone! I need some recommendations on safe, cost effective sand alternatives. I have 7 quails (4 buttons, 3 coturnix) that live indoor. I've been using chinchilla sand in their dust boxes and they seem to love it. I first tried chinchilla dust and was appalled at how it got EVERYWHERE...
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  17. RustyBucketFarmGirl

    Dust bath inside or outside

    hello there! Finishing up my run now and I am getting ready to do a dust bath. I hit up a local car dealer and asked for some tires that they were going to scrap. So i got them for FREE and spray painted them pretty colors. I didn’t put one indoors as I thought it would be too messy. AT the...
  18. Heymrkrabs

    Dust Bathing Help?

    I have some cinnamon queen chicks that are about a week and a half old and whenever one of them is placed on a towel, she starts to do a dust bathing motion. I have put a small dust bath in their brooder, but they won't get in it. Should I just keep the actual dust bath in there, or put a towel...
  19. jvzookeeper

    Help with dust bath

    Still trying to figure out how to post in the AZ thread, but anyway....... My girls don't like the stuff I have tried for the dust bath. They seem to like really fine dirt, but I can't find that anywhere. What mix do you use that your girls like??
  20. misssassyandthechicks

    Baby Field Trip!

    The babies went outside again today on a field trip to their run, and they figured out actual dust bathing for the first time. Everyone had such a good time! Including my toddler, who loved watching and holding the chickies. <3
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