what can i buy or use for dust bath in winter? - Page 4

I used a plastic fifty five gallon barrel with top cup out of it and turned on side, fill with sand, DE dirt and wood ashes , block in place and they used it all winter just add more sand and ashes as needed.

I have a 9x16 covered run that they use during the winter and mornings. I filled it in with ladscaping sand(the cheapest) It hits freezing temps here and they still dig nests and loll around in them in the afternoon sun. They love it.

Mine are doing a great job "fox hole" digging in the deep litter in the coop.  However, I do fill a LARGE kitty litter pan with construction grade sand (it has tiny pebbles of various sizes and itty-bitty granite shards in with the sand) and keep it in the coop for their dusting activities.  Occasionally I'll add some sand and a handful of DE.  Not everybody uses it, but they haven't had weather nasty enough to keep them in the coop, yet. 

Oh, and my flock ranges freely over the property, so they don't need grit made available to them, but I used the same sand for chicks I brooded, as grit when they were given treats, and to play in.

Mine just use the deep litter in the coop now that the ground is frozen with a little 7 dust sprinkled in for those little creatures that haven't been frozen to death yet due to the coldness.

These are old pictures but I bought the under the bed storage boxes and put sand in them. It helped to keep the birds from tearing up the grass.

My chickens loved to eat the charcoal in the ashes, too. There must be minerals in there that they like. I would say that might entice them more...but chickens are individuals for sure. What pleases one chicken might not please another, LOL!

I purchased (but could probably have found) a pan for the bottom of a water heater...they make them in metal and rubber...for their dust bath "dish" inside their coop...they always have dry sand for their baths that way...they also pick through the sand/soil/DE mix for their much needed gravel. I started them at 3 weeks old with a place to bathe and they took to it within 3 minutes of seeing it.

ive got 4 blackrocks and 2 9wk old leghorns and want to construct a dust bath as the weather here in GB is cold i was wondering what is best to use , ive read on here all the stuff that you use but could someone please tell me what DE is  thankyou maria :):)