Mud

[Rtylerjames]

I've read a ton of articles about mud in the run. This isn't about that. My girls have a ton of dirt stuck at the base of their feathers. I think they got into the flower beds after we watered them. Should I bathe them? Or will they do that on their own?

 

[aart]

I've read a ton of articles about mud in the run. This isn't about that. My girls have a ton of dirt stuck at the base of their feathers. I think they got into the flower beds after we watered them. Should I bathe them? Or will they do that on their own?

They'll preen it off.

 

[Peppercorngal]

Chickens love to dust bathe and they get very dirty. Don't worry they will clean their own feathers and tomorrow you won't even see it. It's especially ugly on a white chicken!! I have a photo of a white chicken covered in dirt but I don't know where it is right now.

 

[BDutch]

If you like cleaner chickens, you can give them a big pot with white and dry sand to take a bath. Put it under a roof somewhere to keep it dry.

 

[MarkJr]

If you like cleaner chickens, you can give them a big pot with white and dry sand to take a bath. Put it under a roof somewhere to keep it dry.

And then they’ll wait for the door to open to free range, dive right back into the flower beds just to become mud balls!!!!!

 

[BDutch]

And then they’ll wait for the door to open to free range, dive right back into the flower beds just to become mud balls!!!!!

Mine don’t. They prefer sandy baths.