Chickens LOVE their dust baths, and surprisingly rabbits naturally roll in dust too! Why not set up a suped-up dust bath for them to help treat parasites while they are at it? You will need one dust bath for every 10- 15 or so chickens or every 5 adult rabbits, and put it somewhere it […]
Wood ash & DE, a dust bathing dream team
Chickens love to dust bathe. They find a dry spot in the dirt and roll, fluff, and flap to their hearts content. Then, if it’s a sunny spot they just sorta fall asleep. In fact, if you’re new to chickens and you see them all sprawled in one spot looking half dead, you might just […]
Chickens Take Dust Baths (But It Looks Like A Frenzy!)
The first time I saw my chickens laying on the ground in little fluffy chicken heaps my heart skipped a beat and I ran over in a panic. They looked up and blinked at me a few times before standing up, shaking the dust off, and huffing away, wondering why I insisted on disturbing them. […]
