What would you suggest for a dust bath? I have read that some people use plain old dirt or soil but we still have snow on the ground here in montana and are expecting more. I have heard both positive and negative things about play sand. Plan on stopping by murdochs tomorrow to see what they have.
I did have a question about chick grit. I have been thinking about offering some in the brooder for a dust bath. Is this ok to give even if we arent going to be offering the chicks anything besides starter?
We have decided to go with a local place that sells sheds. They have one that is already set up as a chicken coop and would be perfect. We will be building our own large run around it. Oh.. And we did get a 3rd chick :)
Here are a couple pictures of our setup. We are feeding the chicks medicated chick starter only. Also we only bought 2 chicks.. which I have read is either fine or not a good idea, but I am having trouble convincing my husband that we should buy more. The lady who helped us purchase them said...
We are totally new to anything involving raising chickens. We just got chicks today from our local Murdochs. They will be kept for eggs/ as pets. I have been doing as much online research as I can.. but surely would welcome any advice or tips from seasoned backyard chicken owners. We are...
