No problem, i hang out on BYC way too much! Yeah, you could put the dust bath dish in there. You can always take it out later if you want to.
Good luck with your birds!
I would not worry about the feathers unless you start seeing bald areas. My chicks hatched mid August and there are feathers all over the place.
Try to relax and enjoy your birds. You can set up a little dust bath for them if you want, so they can clean their own feathers.:hugs i know you...
In other news, i am making a solar powered water heater with poo powered back up! Check out my thread in Random Ramblings section, called Get Ready for Winter.
This is my solar cage, one side left to build.
I will have 16x8 feet for them in there! With a few tarps more it will all be under cover. Enough for 32 chickens, and i only have 24. They are just about big enough to free range. Hatched in mid August.