Is this normal.

[Jferlisi]

Ok so my 18 week old BO was dust bathing today with all the others but she was doing something different. While she was dust bathing she was also creating what looked like a dirt nest too. She finished bathing and all but was using her beak to move the dirt closer to her like a nest. Is this normal for them to do? Heres a pic of her doing it i dont know if you can see my phone doesn't take the best pics. She is the far right one next the roo.

Thanks for the help.

 

[gritsar]

Yep, completely normal.

 

[Matt A NC]

Wait till you see one get in an ant hill and get up from a dust bath in that penguin walk/run while trying to pick the ants off. That will scare you to death. Looks like their back is broke, but still trying to walk.

Matt

 

[Jferlisi]

LOL ok thanks. I was hoping she was going to start laying soon.

 

[kittykitty]

chickens are strange sometimes......

 

[bigshoes213]

Mine love to lay in chicken sized holes in the ground. It looks like they are nesting but mine arent. I assume this is normal chicken behavior but I have only had chickens for less than a year.

 

[Jferlisi]

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Ya same here so i have alot of question topics LOL.

 

[fl_deb]

Ummmm. Yeah they love to dig holes, pretty much everywhere in the back yard, and seldom use the same hole twice.

 

[SparksNV]

yup - mine roll onto their sides and stick their legs out and extend the top wing - looks like they're dead - then they fluff their feathers, get up and walk away... really bizarre but they look like they enjoy it - usually this is done in a dirt/sandy area in the sun.

 

[CoffeeCow]

I have them make dirt nests a lot.
now they have moved on to heavy excavation. they are working on a moat around their run. It rained yesterday, and the moat filled up a little.. I had some very dirty (and happy) construction chickens