dustbathing

[jasarmj7]

Is there a commercial dust bathing product available? If not where do I find wood ash.

 

[gritsar]

Hi and welcome to BYC!

I know some folks mix DE in with their dirt for the chickens to dustbathe in.

I think if we didn't have plenty of dirt for my chickens to bathe in, I'd buy a large bag of plain potting soil.

 

[JakRat]

mine love old mulch!

 

[elmo]

Do you have a fireplace? If so, when it gets nice and cold this fall, just throw a log on the fire, let it burn down to ashes, then sweep the cooled ashes into a pan. Voila, wood ash.

You could also do the same outside by fashioning a fire pit. Just use real wood, not those fake fireplace logs.

 

[SallyF]

Mine just use dirt. They're always digging under the shade of my shrubs, where the ground is soft. they'll dig right down through the mulch.