Best ingredients for a dust bath

[Mjwaker]

New to the chicken scene, and my 3 pullets have so far successfully ignored my attempt of making them a dust bath

They seemed to have picked the corner of a dried up flower bed. I've seen them attempt to bathe there. But it's got me thinking, what are the best ingredients to put down on dust bath?

Dry earth, sand and a DE?

 

[dai2dao996]

New to the chicken scene, and my 3 pullets have so far successfully ignored my attempt of making them a dust bath

They seemed to have picked the corner of a dried up flower bed. I've seen them attempt to bathe there. But it's got me thinking, what are the best ingredients to put down on dust bath?

Dry earth, sand and a DE?

Mine only dust bathe in the dry dirt in the yard. Nothing added to it.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Yup. My ingredients include dry dirt and shade. Also other chickens ..it’s gotta be a group activity

 

[dai2dao996]

Yup. My ingredients include dry dirt and shade. Also other chickens ..it’s gotta be a group activity

Very true.

 

[drinkoj]

Yup. My ingredients include dry dirt and shade. Also other chickens ..it’s gotta be a group activity

Or introduce young chicks to the flock and all heck breaks out by the older chickens next to the newbies

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Things do tend to get wild when the younger ones are added in its good that they’re all dust bathing together though, and the youngers aren’t just getting the snot beaten out of em

 

[aart]

New to the chicken scene, and my 3 pullets have so far successfully ignored my attempt of making them a dust bath

They seemed to have picked the corner of a dried up flower bed. I've seen them attempt to bathe there. But it's got me thinking, what are the best ingredients to put down on dust bath?

Dry earth, sand and a DE?

Just dry dirt should be fine.
Nothing else is needed unless the run is on clay or rock.