dustbath

Would this compost be safe as part of a dust bath (combined with sand and ash): Tomato Skins, almond shells, rice straw and hulls, bark fines, composted dairy manure, composted chicken manure, and seabird guano

Okay. Never heard of herbs for dust baths. Am interested as a pest deterrent. What kind do you use? If you don't garden, can you use plain ole jar cooking herbs? Maybe grinding yourself? Might be a silly idea, but thought I would ask as bags I've seen are way over my budget these days. I don't...

Hello, I was wondering if I should be worried about my chicks eating sand. I saw a few of the chicks (they are 12-14 days old) appearing to try to bathe in their pine shavings. So I went down to the stream, and got some of the sand that is on the edges, sanitized it in the oven, and gave it to...

Hi, I'm completely new to raising chickens so bear with me. I had a wild hen that was laying eggs in my garage closet go broody on me, she was sitting on nothing for 6 days and I bought her some fertilized eggs. She is on day 24 today and yesterday some eggs were still hatching. She also pooped...

My 4 week old chicks are telling me they want to have a dust bath. They are trying to do it in the wood shavings in their brooder. I'd like to start slowly exposing them to real dirt but there's no dry dirt here because of all the rain and snow we've been getting. The forecast says more and...

hey guys! My run and coop are both on top of a grass area. As I know, it's a matter of time before the grass turns to dirt. Should I keep the dirt? Add sand? Hay? Any advice would be great! Also, when considering a dust bath. I was going to dig a hole, Add DE to mix with the dirt. But when it...