Dust bath for chickens

[Molliep2]

What are some of your recommended dust bath ingredients? What kind of potting soil would you recommend?

 

[Spartan22]

What are some of your recommended dust bath ingredients? What kind of potting soil would you recommend?

I won’t go use potting soil unless organic, since most have fertilizer. Just use some sand mix with DE or ashes and regular soil.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I would not use any potting soil without looking carefully at ingredients, organic or not. Most potting mix has fertilizer and other additives. If it's just a combo of sand, wood fines, things like that, it's ok, but really read the label.

A combo of anything like sand, wood ash, clean garden soil, peat moss is fine. I use peat moss since it's easy to get and the chickens like it well enough.

 

[rkapfen]

I use a mix of dirt, DE, and wood ash. My first is very dry and clumpy where I live so I put some in a bag and hit it down until it’s a nice fine consistency

 

[Mraya]

I use a mix of dirt,sand, crushed granite, wood ash and DE. If I was going to buy my soil I would get a bag of top soil.

 

[Hyroler]

Sand and DE

 

[peeper89]

What are some of your recommended dust bath ingredients? What kind of potting soil would you recommend?

dirt jus plain dirt

 

[Hyroler]

dirt jus plain dirt

topic was "Dust bath for chickens" not "How do you take bath?"

 

[peeper89]

topic was "Dust bath for chickens" not "How do you take bath?"

I dont even know what u getin at???!!!!


TITLE of thread: DUST BATH FOR CHICKENS
OP ASKS for recomend dust bath ingredents!!!!
Best ingredent for chicken dust bath is DIRT! why do it need any other ingredent. chicken will lay down & roll in dirt if he has acess 2 it no need to buy pot dirt when u already got dirt make no sence

What are some of your recommended dust bath ingredients? What kind of potting soil would you recommend?

 

[Mechtel8989]

Is this recommend for chicks, about 2 weeks old?