How did you add a dust bath to your brooder?

[RitzHomestead]

I have plenty of room in my brooder and I would like to add a dust bath for the chicks. Not sure how and what to put in it that will work best for them. Any ideas?

 

[Mtn Laurel]

I use a casserole dish and dirt from the run. I dry out the dirt first and then add a bit of sand.

Looks a little like dinner, doesn't it?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Oh
I just put dirt from my yard in them. Sometimes I add a clump of grass too (pulled up by the root), well when its not winter and I have grass anyway.

 

[LotsOLopsChicks]

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!

 

[LotsOLopsChicks]

Well I've got no place to crawl and their is NO WAY I am picking all the fertilizer pellets out lol. That'd take forever....haha.





Maybe some play sand, but I'm also broke..

OH! Wait! I have sand in my chicken coop for them to dust in! I betcha I can use that! DUH!

 

[lwiese58]

Oh mercy! I never even thought about the chicks needing to dust bathe, too. This is my first experience with tiny chicks, although I've had chickens, which we raised from pullet age. Is it dangerous to put a bit of wood ash in with the dirt, like we did for our grown hens? Maybe their respiratory systems aren't mature enough yet? We, I'm so thankful I ran across this thread!

 

[Halloweengirl13]

I use the containers from my frozen cream puffs and little pet food bowls from dollar tree.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I've also used plastic containers from frozen cream puffs and eclairs, or low sided Tupperware containers

 

[PapaChaz]

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?

 

[RitzHomestead]

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?

Lol yes!