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I surely believe so, they are smarter about these things than people are, and they know their own bodies better than we do. It is how they keep clean, and germs in the soil seem to benefit them greatly. There is not much chooks eat which is not covered in dirt.I am curious about the dust bath too. I have a pullet that survived a fox attacked several nights ago. She seems to be doing well but I in the isolation cage, but should I allow her in the dirt with open wounds?