Dust Bath in the Rain??

[norcal]

I just put my dust bath out a month or so ago. Well, it's just wet sand now, as it's been raining a bit here.

I don't have room in the coop for it. What does everyone else do for their birds winter dust baths??

Thanks,
Laurie

I may be able to do some major adjustments to the feeding center in my coop and make room. ??

 

[MimiChick]

Can you rig some kind of a cover for it? Maybe put it inside some kind of boxed or tarped off enclosure to keep the rain out. Even something as simple as a small "tent" of plastic or tarp might work.

 

[The Zoo]

How about a kitty litter box with a lid?

 

[norcal]

Thanks you two.
I was thinking about whether or not they would go INTO a kitty box w/ a lid outside of the coop. Do you know?

I think maybe a cheap little roof on legs. What do they call that? Not a pergola, but solid. ??

 

[tulie13]

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I would think they would go into a kitty box - they go into nesting boxes and buckets and all sorts of things to lay their eggs. I would guess that they would find the dust in there upon exploration and figure it out.

The little roof on legs - if it was big I think it would be called a carport. Since it would be really small, maybe a chickenport?

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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a table?

 

[Tala]

My chickens dust bath in the mud - or at least that's what they look like they do.

They will go into a kitty litter box I know, and I bet they could figure it out. Not sure if it would be big enough for a large bird to roll around in though??

 

[cposz]

Mine bathe in the mud, too!

And somehow they looked positively fresh the next morning! (These are red sexlinks!)

 

[norcal]

Good to know. Am thinking of re-arranging the stuff in the coop, so I can make room for a small storage area anyhow. Seemed like a big coop. 8x8(x12H). Now, I'm not so sure.

 

[PunkinPeep]

I believe a dust bath in the rain is called a mud bath. And it's all the rage at the hottest spas.

haha! i crack myself up!