talkinboutchickens
Songster
- Mar 8, 2024
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Hi all!!
Yesterday I had to do a little clean-up outside, which then of course led to me getting off track and renovating the chickie's run. So this is what I did.
I added more dirt to their dust bath which they love, it is literally just an old kiddie pool filled with regular 'ol dirt, not a special mixture or anything, it is a perfect boredom-buster especially if your chickens can't free-range often.
The next thing I did was I added an old bench, it is a perfect place for them to perch as well as for me to sit on. What has worked very well for me is adding leaves to the chicken run, it makes great bedding and once the leaves break down it will create dirt probably. I added some hay into their tire which is standing up so they can lay in there, my rooster loves molding his body into the hay so that it creates a perfect nest for his girls.
So... Do you guys have any other boredom buster ideas for my run/coop? And am I missing anything that should be included, like other boredom busters or anything?
Thank you in advance!
And a big shout-out to Ledo (prounounced lee-doe), my sapphire gem rooster who modeled the dust bath for me!
Yesterday I had to do a little clean-up outside, which then of course led to me getting off track and renovating the chickie's run. So this is what I did.
I added more dirt to their dust bath which they love, it is literally just an old kiddie pool filled with regular 'ol dirt, not a special mixture or anything, it is a perfect boredom-buster especially if your chickens can't free-range often.
The next thing I did was I added an old bench, it is a perfect place for them to perch as well as for me to sit on. What has worked very well for me is adding leaves to the chicken run, it makes great bedding and once the leaves break down it will create dirt probably. I added some hay into their tire which is standing up so they can lay in there, my rooster loves molding his body into the hay so that it creates a perfect nest for his girls.
So... Do you guys have any other boredom buster ideas for my run/coop? And am I missing anything that should be included, like other boredom busters or anything?
Thank you in advance!
And a big shout-out to Ledo (prounounced lee-doe), my sapphire gem rooster who modeled the dust bath for me!
That's a good idea of the chair, my plan is using the bench in there to sit on, but I'm worried about how to keep it clean so that I can sit. My chicken coop has 3 nesting boxes as well, but apparently they prefer to lay in a new coop that isn't occupied. My nesting boxes definitely need renovating though. Thanks for the ideas!
