Share your pictures of Dust/Dirt Baths

[jendodd79]

How do you manage dust baths in the winter? It is SO wet and damp here - no dust to be found!

 

[fishnet1971]

My girls end up spending most of their time indoors this time of year, and a dust bath would be frozen too. I put them a 2 X 3 box inside with a bag of contractors sand in it all winter for them. The sand is just different sized and not the play sand. This also gives them grit because the 'sand' has big enough pieces in it. Not just fine sand. It stays dry and somewhat warm in their coop.

 

[Poultry Couture]

Cute!

 

[Little Peep]

I don't have any pics on this computer!

 

[ADozenGirlz]

my girls are way to spoiled. I built them a dust box with peat moss and sand. They have their nice wooden box in the summer, their green trutle in winter and what ever else they can steal from me! like the container the peat moss comes in!!!!!!!

That is AWESOME!! I'm cracking up over here. They are in hen heaven!

 

[MamaHenSD]

Love it.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

"Mom, what are you doing?"

 

[fishnet1971]

That is AWESOME!! I'm cracking up over here. They are in hen heaven!

The black bin thing is what they have in the coop right now because we have a foot and a half of snow. I try and not use the peat moss inside as it's too dusty. The turtle sandbox that I found at good will has a lid, so when it's crapy out i can cover it up and keep it dry and uncover when the suns out and its nice enought they will actually move their spoiled butts outside. I really have no cost in it except new sand maybe twice a year ($7.00) and a new bag of peat twice a year ($5.00) the turtle was $5.00, and the wooden box i made from scraps around the house and garage.

Seems to work good. I dont have any dry dusty areas that they can really dig up on their own, so it works for me.

 

[RMo2]

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Adorable! Love the second pic with the mom and chick!!!

 

[ms4runr]

You know why Bird is in your flowerbed right? It's the mulch. Mulch is like crack for chickens.

What do you mean? I am just getting started on this thread. My girls have made many holes in their yard but I want to stop it and want to build them a dust bath. So far, I like the idea of using 1x6s and build a box. I have sand and like the idea of peat moss, and some DE. Not sure if they will like the mulch, but what do you mean it is like 'crack' for them?
I would like to build a roof; just put up 4 poles and nail on a piece of plywood with shingles on it so they will have a dry area all the time. After reading your ideas, I'm considering a small bath for one in their coop as I have the floor space if I plan it well. I think. I'm going to post pictures soon on the 'building and maintenance' site and solicit comments for a redesign inside the coop as it was built before I had ever even been around a chicken! 8)