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The bliss of Dust baths

Discussion in 'Pictures & Stories of My Chickens' started by artsyrobin, May 7, 2009.

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  1. May 7, 2009 #1
    artsyrobin

    artsyrobin Artful Wings

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  3. May 7, 2009 #2
    tazcat70

    tazcat70 I must be crazy!

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    They are so cute! I love to watch them taking their baths....they just enjoy it so much!
     
  5. May 8, 2009 #3
    JennsPeeps

    JennsPeeps Rhymes with 'henn'

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    My week-old chicks "dust bathe" on my lap & chest when I'm wearing my robe or have a towel. We call it "fluffing" and it's absolutely hilarious!
     
  7. May 8, 2009 #4
    artsyrobin

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    my little roo does that too, it is so funny! can you imagine them grown up in your lap doing that??[​IMG]
     
  9. May 8, 2009 #5
    b.hromada

    b.hromada Flock Mistress

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    So cute! Chickens and their dust baths! Pure happiness, huh? [​IMG]
     
  11. May 8, 2009 #6
    skeeter9

    skeeter9 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Yeah, it's cute until they start throwing all the guts of your brooder around the laundry room!!! [​IMG] I had a group of silly girls who were about your ladies' age and their dust baths were so vigorous that I had to scrub the laundry room from top to bottom when I moved them outside! Talk about an incentive to get their pen fixed up!!! They were hilarious!! [​IMG]
     
  13. May 9, 2009 #7
    5sallad5

    5sallad5 Out Of The Brooder

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    [​IMG] yeah mine will go under my slide (childhood slide) and then they started scratching.
    In a week they had a dirty hole. They now take dust bathes a lot.
     
    Last edited: May 9, 2009

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