I'm looking for advice from all my chicken keeping people who live in areas with inclement weather.
What do you do for a dust bath?
I didn't want to have to replace it ever other day when it rains.
The two rough solutions I have in mind are plastic bins with a hole cut out or a litter box.
Any better ideas?
#chickens #homesteading
My birds free range and find the places that have dry loose dirt still like under the boat, studio deck, lumber storage area, etc. When it is snow covered they will go a while without but as soon as they can they are in any workable soil. If you have to keep yours enclosed then go with whatever they will use and whatever is easiest for you to work with on a consistent basis. With them scratching in the dirt something with high sides would be best to keep the mess enclosed.
Our chickens just dig in the dirt and get their dust baths that way.
