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post #11 of 15

3/21/12 at 5:41am

fiddlebanshee

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Thanks, that's what I was thinking. I have some long 2x8s that have been joined sideways together by the carpenters while building our house, I guess to use for a workbench or something, so I was thinking sawing these to size and making a box from them and then filling with sand/peatmoss/DE.

16 hens own me. 3 Black Australorps, 3 Dominiques, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 3 Welsummers, 3 golden comets, 1 New Hampshire Red and 1 Ameraucana.

Chicken Math in action -- sell three, buy seven -- build another coop - harvest two, order 12. New chicks arriving in May 2013! 6 Ameraucana's and 6 Anconas.

16 hens own me. 3 Black Australorps, 3 Dominiques, 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 3 Welsummers, 3 golden comets, 1 New Hampshire Red and 1 Ameraucana.

Chicken Math in action -- sell three, buy seven -- build another coop - harvest two, order 12. New chicks arriving in May 2013! 6 Ameraucana's and 6 Anconas.

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post #12 of 15

3/23/12 at 1:37pm

beej

Location: South Central Pennsylvania
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In reading up about dust bathing has anyone ever tried the fine "clumping" kitty litter (new not used of course). I ordered some food grade DE today and will add that to whatever I decide to use.

2 spoiled dogs, 2 uppety cats, 1 bossy Senegal parrot and now 8 chicks......Life is Good!

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3/23/12 at 7:33pm

Scifisarah

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Mine always choose to take a dust bath in the very sandy, sunny part of our run. They seem to find the combination of sand + heat pretty irresistable. I love watching them push under each other for room in a particularly good hole.

~Sarah~
Poultry Mama to Bantam Cochin, Silkie and Serama Chickens

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3/31/12 at 11:39pm

tomtom69

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I'm guessing one of those cheap plastic kiddie pools would work well for this.

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4/1/12 at 7:46am

carladababe

Location: Dixon, Missouri
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Our chicken run has sand, construction grade sand and when I bring bring in fresh it is so entertaining. They love it, sand flies everywhere, money well spent.