Sand-bath

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Elly

Elly

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Aug 18, 2008
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Do the chickens need a sand bath in the winter time?

Can I make one in the corner of my coop useing cat litter in a large litter box ?
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Yes in my eyes they do but i definately wouldn't use cat litter. Mix food grade DE with play sand in a container in the run or coop. I keep mine in the run less mess in the coop that way.
 
Sorry to sound dumb, but what is "food grade DE"
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I live in southern Ont. so get plenty of snow, would this make a mess in the box...do you leave it out all the time or just a few times a week.

Thanks
 
My coop has a wooden floor and in the winter my outdoor run for them would be frozen and covered in snow...not too many spots for them too make a dustbath.

I think in my area (southern Ont.) an indoor dust bath would be better.

Wouldn't just plan old sand box sand work?
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Sand box sand works great. We have very heavy clay here and it doesn't make a very good dust bath. The flower beds have all kinds of nice things added to lighten the soil, though, so they go dust bathe there!
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We also get a lot of rain here. So, mine have a dust bath in the covered section of their run to keep it dry and another that I provided out in the yard, to keep them out of the flower beds.
 

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