Dust bath help?

[RobochickofLubbock]

This is what I did. Just laid it out with loose bricks. I added sand and dirt from around the property to fill it up a little.

I think I'm going to use your idea. I have the bricks and rocks and can carry over enough sand to fill it up. I like your idea! Thanks, Sherry Robinson

 

[hayley3]

Both groups use the same tubby from Wally World probably. I put clean dirt mixed with hardwood ash in them. If your like it raised up just put the wood one upside down and the plastic one on top.

JT

Mine doesn't have a bottom..I put it in their coop which has a dirt floor. I'm thinking they don't like the location of it. Mine is actually 6 inch lumber.

 

[FBMcrazy8]

I think I'm going to use your idea. I have the bricks and rocks and can carry over enough sand to fill it up. I like your idea! Thanks, Sherry Robinson

Thank you! It works great for my chickens. They use it all the time.

 

[Genene]

I used garden edging, formed it in a big circle & staked it to the groung with the stakes provided. I then put in a mixture of top soil. Peat moss, wood ash, sand & first Saturday lime. My girls love it.

 

[TimonHens]

How is this supposed to work when the wet season starts?
I have a sandy floor in the coop but it maybe isn't deep enough, but it is dry. Never use it.
They had a sand turtle in the run but it is so shady it never dries out from the lid being missed in one cloudburst.

They have dug up a small sunny garden (guess I was done?) but it is a puddle now.

I'm worried that I am going to have grubby birds because all they have is one or two spots scratched out under the coop for the dozen of them, and even those are starting to have seep.

 

[aart]

spots scratched out under the coop for the dozen of them, and even those are starting to have seep.

Control the ground drainage around the coop so it doesn't get wet under there.

 

[TimonHens]

It borders a fen, so there is only so much I can do beyond placement in the driest patch of the backyard(not in the front yard, not over the leach field, not in the bog, not in the foxy woods) after days and days of showers.
I have no problem buying and carting dirt, sand, peat (probably coir) or whatever if they will use it.

 

[3KillerBs]

It borders a fen, so there is only so much I can do beyond placement in the driest patch of the backyard(not in the front yard, not over the leach field, not in the bog, not in the foxy woods) after days and days of showers.
I have no problem buying and carting dirt, sand, peat (probably coir) or whatever if they will use it.

You can use coarse wood chips to build the level of ground up a bit to keep things drier.

 

[TimonHens]

I am eyeing a small branch chipper to try and trade upfront costs for a more sustaining supply. Has to be better than pet mulch or bagged mulch. Definitely helps with the mud.

 

[rosemarythyme]

They had a sand turtle in the run but it is so shady it never dries out from the lid being missed in one cloudburst.

Were they using it before it got wet? I'd clean it out, set it somewhere sunny if needed to get it fully dry, and refill with dry substrate.