How did you add a dust bath to your brooder?

ok so y'all like them frozen cream puff things, but I kinda think Ritz may want to know what are you putting IN the empty containers for the chicks to dust in?
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I am adding a question:

My chicks try to dust bath in the shavings, but it's winter here! (LOL) And the snow melt makes EVERYTHING wet- forget getting dirt from the yard! Cheap alternatives or free? I was thinking potting soil from a plant?
Psstt don't tell Mom!
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I don't know about potting soil, especially if it has fertilizer pellets in it. Do you have anywhere to get dry dirt, like a crawl space or from under your porch maybe? That's where I've been getting mine, crawling under the porch with a Tupperware dish and a garden trowel :gig
If not, you can buy play sand fairly cheap! Or maybe pick any fertilizer bits out of the potting soil before you give it to them :)
 

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