Hi Everyone! I just got home from work and one of my 3 week old chicks is desperately trying to give herself a dust bath (at least I assume this is what she's trying to do) in her brooder. My brooder is just a dog kennel with shavings and I really don't have the room to give her a dust bath in there. Is she ok without for another few weeks until I move them outside into the coop and run?
Do you have the room in the brooder to add a shallow pan of wood ash & peat moss? The chicks would love it!
Yes, all you need is a soup bowl with some sand or dry dirt or even wheat bran. Dirt bathing is instinctive and natural to even the tiniest chicks and brings them great joy and contentment.
