Official BYC Poll: Where Do Your Chickens Dust Bathe?

[GreasyTheHen]

Sometimes I take a bath in the middle of the yard. Really where ever the sun is.

 

[rosemarythyme]

For anyone who has issues keeping dust baths bone dry in a rainy/semi-snowy environment, I highly recommend The Turtle.

 

[BDutch]

In the sand of the coop floor.
Under a window under an angle in the run (wind and rain-screen)
When they free roam with no rain : between the thyme plants .

And they used to like to bathe in a big pot with sand in the coop with mixed playgroud sand, yellow coloured soil from the garden containing clay and a little diatomaceous earth. I had to fill it up every month bc they spilled a lot. But after I finished the bag with playground sand I took a bag of coarse sand (leftover we had in the shed) to fill up the pot. Now they spill way less and prefer the other spots more. If there is a chicken in the pot nowadays its more often to lay an egg than to take a bath .

 

[GreasyTheHen]

For anyone who has issues keeping dust baths bone dry in a rainy/semi-snowy environment, I highly recommend The Turtle.

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My owner planted strawberries in one of those. I remeber running as fast as I could to eat the fresh strawberries.

 

[Kk Augy]

Hahaha one of my hens (Martha the digger)started a new trend to dig in the garden

 

[MegsEggsx]

Mine ripped up the plants that were in pots and they dust bath in them. I have even found a few eggs in them.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Shouldn’t the title say “bathe?”

 

[CHlCKEN]

Mine make craters in the yard. Mainly around the house and the sweet gum tree but occasionally they’ll take a dust bath in the run and makes holes several inches deep

 

[Byrd gal]

I inherited a very old freezer ,once i hauled it up out of the basement ( of course) nobody would take it. I stripped it out ,took the door off turned it on its side tacked a few boards to keep the dirt in and wala covered bath house.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Mine do it everywhere.