Dust bath help?

[jthornton]

Hi there! I know this is an old post, but I’m curious about your run. Do you use wood chips and pine shavings? My run is just dirt/sand. I’m thinking about converting it to something more composty. I don’t like cleaning it every day. Thoughts? Thanks

In one I have straw and in the other I have pine chips... I clean both every day.

JT

 

[Baileybunchx5]

I use a mixture of sifted dirt and wood ash (hardwood only).
This is Pig Pen... wonder how she got that name.
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This one I built for my Cinnamon Queens
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This is the one that the Rhode Island Red hens use.
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Both use the same type of tubby and they have never tipped it over.

DON'T USE DE!

JT

This is a cool idea. Pig Pen love the name

 

[hayley3]

My Cinnamon Queen Hens all try to get in the dust bath at once when I put fresh bathing dust in there. There was 5 trying to get in at first but by the time I got back with my phone one had given up.
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JT

I made mine one out of 1x6's (2ft square but they don't like it)...Where did you get the tub? I'm thinking they like it raised up...I'm not skilled enough to make yours. But mine do like the raised bed garden I have, but I need something I can move when I need to.

 

[jthornton]

I made mine one out of 1x8's (2ft square but they don't like it)...Where did you get the tub? I'm thinking they like it raised up...I'm not skilled enough to make yours. But mine do like the raised bed garden I have, but I need something I can move when I need to.

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

 

[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.