favorite dust bath recipe?

[skyfires]

See there,,,,Lobzi's chickens and mine are dustin in the same stuff,,,,hahaha!!!!

 

[amazondoc]

Thanks for the input, guys!

Sand -- no problem
mite powder -- no problem

But I have neither "very fine dirt" nor "ash/soot from the fireplace". Hmmmmmm.

Of course, the birds would get by with just the dirt....but I'd like to explore the possibilities.

Other recipes, anyone?

 

[rughooker]

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Can I use anything besides ash? Got rid of the Franklin. Somebody said they like to roll in DE. Quite pricey!! Maybe I can add sand to the DE. Right now my sweet little cochins are rolling in plain dry dirt and lovin it!

 

[WoodlandWoman]

We have heavy clay soil and get a lot of rain. That makes sand my favorite base. I also keep one dust bath under cover, so it stays dry. It's hard to dust bathe in mud, although it's fun to play in! We add some de. One bath has fine dirt mixed in, also.

Another favorite dust bath this year, has a lot of peat moss in it! Someone posted on an earlier thread this year, about giving their chickens peat moss to dust bathe in. I thought that was unusual and very interesting. Low and behold, later in the year, my chickens took over a tub planter with a lot of peat moss in it! They were in there every day!

We don't have any wood ash, or I'd put some of that in, too. It's all good!

 

[Dixiedoodle]

We have heavy red clay but in two places (when it is really dry) It's almost like talc, walk thur it and the dust bellows up around your boots...I had thought about getting a shovel or two to add to my 'dust bath"===will it work???Thanks Dixie

 

[WoodlandWoman]

You bet!

 

[bearz]

Could I use peat moss in place of ash?

 

[kinnip]

Mine have DE, ash, sand, a smidge of poultry dust and some good ol dirt. The turtle has a lid, so it stays nice and dry. They also have a stump they've completely hollowed out (spooky). They like to dustbathe in the remains. I've scraped it up a couple of times, for fear of mites, but they magically find more stump in there (very spooky).

 

[rughooker]

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VERY CUTE IDEA WITH THE TURTLE AND LID!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cthrash1]

I just mixed peat moss with a little loose dirt and some Sevin today.