Ella2025's Experiment Broody Hen Hatch-A-Long

[ella2025]

Today is Saffrons official hatch day. So he's 3 weeks old and Pepper is 2 weeks and 6 days. Ill start introducing them to BSFL and scratch grain now. Their beaks were too tiny before!

Why do chicks start dust bathing the moment I put them on the grass? They were outside the entirety of the morning, just not on grass (they had sand), and the second saffrons feet touched the grass he flipped down and started dust bathing and pepper joined. They did the exact same thing last time I took them on grass . Same thing with all the chicks I've raised before.

Here is a pic of the chick puddle and one of Skedoosh's eggs (saffrons mom) for size comparison.

 

[redinator]

Today is Saffrons official hatch day. So he's 3 weeks old and Pepper is 2 weeks and 6 days. Ill start introducing them to BSFL and scratch grain now. Their beaks were too tiny before!

Why do chicks start dust bathing the moment I put them on the grass? They were outside the entirety of the morning, just not on grass (they had sand), and the second saffrons feet touched the grass he flipped down and started dust bathing and pepper joined. They did the exact same thing last time I took them on grass . Same thing with all the chicks I've raised before.

Here is a pic of the chick puddle and one of Skedoosh's eggs (saffrons mom) for size comparison.
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Mine like to 'dust bathe' in mud. They have dry places to dust bathe all over the yard, but I generally find the majority in a wet patch of dirt made by a dripping hose connection.

 

[ella2025]

Mine like to 'dust bathe' in mud. They have dry places to dust bathe all over the yard, but I generally find the majority in a wet patch of dirt made by a dripping hose connection.

Exactly! My big chickens like finding the least sandy, rock hard soil (that is also moist) in the run and dust bathe there. They never dust bathe in the clean fluffy sand that covers 90% of the run LOL