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I filled a large plastic bowl with dirt and a bit of wood ash for my 2 week old chicks, that are now 4 weeks old. I stay away from chemicals or additives. I have a 5 ft diameter HW stock tank as a master bathtub, so my 6 chicks are currently in the tub in the bathroom.
As the chicks have taken to really enjoying dust baths, dusty dirt is everywhere!! Dirt on the vanity counters! Dirt on the window sill! Dirt, dirt, dirt! I'm vacuuming, mopping, and wiping up counters and sills daily and counting down the weeks/days until I can move these little sweeties out to their coop and run area. They also like to peck around and scratch in the dirt bowl - which gives them something to do.
Using large plastic bowls or larger open animal water tubs would work well during winter months inside the coop or run of snow covers the ground.
As the chicks have taken to really enjoying dust baths, dusty dirt is everywhere!! Dirt on the vanity counters! Dirt on the window sill! Dirt, dirt, dirt! I'm vacuuming, mopping, and wiping up counters and sills daily and counting down the weeks/days until I can move these little sweeties out to their coop and run area. They also like to peck around and scratch in the dirt bowl - which gives them something to do.
Using large plastic bowls or larger open animal water tubs would work well during winter months inside the coop or run of snow covers the ground.