There are two good winter solutions for chicken dust baths.
Diy chicken coop dust bath. Using a back tractor or heavy equipment tire will make the dust bath too deep. While my chickens like to create a dust bath directly in the ground and it s not a bad decision i also like to use a food safe plastic container to make sure they re getting goodies like wood ash and diatomaceous earth that help keep them free of mites and lice. The best chicken coop plans have one or both. Chicken dust bathing in winter.
A sandy base ensures the dust bath won t clump and adding in dry dirt gives your chickens grit to forage for. You will know that your hens are using the dust bath if. So let s talk about how to make a dust bath for chickens. How to make a diy chicken dust bath step 1.
The depth of a typical car truck or front tractor tire is perfect for a dust bath. Fine sand and dry dirt. Apparently i had forgotten this past fall to bring a chicken dust bath into the run or coop. To control oils on their bodies.
To get rid of mites and lice. 1 you find some of the bath contents on the coop floor. Why do chickens take dust baths 1. Snag a tire or two from your junk stash on the homestead and use them to make a super duper quick dust bath.
In the winter wet or frozen hard ground may prevent chickens from having access to an adequate dust bath spot. As soon as the weather cleared and the chickens could go out to free range they headed right for their favorite chicken dust bath spot. 22 diy chicken dust bath ideas tire. Add wood ash or diatomaceous earth.
The flock missed their chicken dust bath and it was all my fault. A diy dust box inside the coop and a culvert to shelter a dust bathing spot outside of the coop. 2 you see them nestled up together in the crate throwing dirt on each other.