dirt bath recipes for chickens

[JennsPeeps]

My chicks like a glass of wine, candles, and a good book with their dust baths.

 

[robinaggie]

OK. Let's see: $8 for sand, $2 for candles, and $10 for wine. For $20 I can buy 10 new chicks and throw the dirty ones away!

 

[JennsPeeps]

If this were selfsufficient.com, we'd make our own wine & candles! That total is more like:

Beehive: $200
Candlemaking supplies: $75
Vineyard: $450,000
Winemaking school: $20,000
Supplies: $2,000

Sure nuf... better throw away those dumb dirty chickens.

 

[Davaroo]

For a brief on-topic moment, sharp sand, what we call 'play sand' is generally not recommended. It gets in their eyes and can do harm.
Now back to the frolic

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[LynneP]

I'm using clean play sand with a little DE mixed in and the birds love it; hubby is building a little sand box today for it, the box will take one bag of play sane and about 1/2 cup DE. I wouldn't use colored either.