Dusting Preference

BakkDad

Chirping
Jun 25, 2020
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My hens are now 13 weeks old. I built an octagonal "dusting box" for them which includes a mixture of coarse sand and ashes from a fire pit with occasional DE mixed in. They use it occasionally, but when I let them out (free range) they love dusting in soil that's moist. There can be a large area of the same soil, but when they find a spot with moisture, they gravitate towards that area and love it.. I was under the impression that dry dusting is best. Should I leave it to the hens' instinct? Photo of dusting box attached.
 

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Should I leave it to the hens' instinct?

I figure that chickens know how to be chickens better than I know how to be a chicken so I let them dig holes for dust-bathing wherever they choose. They rotate around several places with different conditions (drier, damper, more or less organic material).
 

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