kWEEN_k0BRA
In the Brooder
- Jul 3, 2022
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I hadn’t gotten around to making one yet, but after closer inspection and walking the tree line behind their run, I realized they made their own! Good job chickens!
I tried googling and looking on here out of sheer curiosity, but couldn’t find anything on HOW chickens make their own bath. Maybe my wording for the search wasn’t just right, but everything that came up was just instructions on how to do it for them. It’s a completely different color, and much finer dirt than anything else in the area. I’m in Hamilton County Tennessee, so the soil surrounding us is usually a gritty dark brown or red, fairly moist, and loamy or clay-based. The pile they’ve made is a round patch about 3 feet across, 2-3” deep, light gray in color, and somewhere between sandy and ashy in texture. It even survives the crazy random thunderstorms that temporarily flood the rest of the yard. I haven’t seen any parasites on them, but they have been dropping feathers like crazy the last 2 to 3 weeks, so I’m assuming they may be a little itchy. They’re all about 12 weeks old for reference, and have been seen laying in this little shady spot for the last month, if not a little longer.
I guess I’m just curious on what the process is for them to make their own, I feel it could be very interesting on how they manage to accomplish it themselves. I’d also like to make sure that there’s nothing I could/should add to it if the one they have is working just fine, for now at least. *knock on wood*. This is my first time owning them, and their behavior never ceases to amaze and intrigue me.
I tried googling and looking on here out of sheer curiosity, but couldn’t find anything on HOW chickens make their own bath. Maybe my wording for the search wasn’t just right, but everything that came up was just instructions on how to do it for them. It’s a completely different color, and much finer dirt than anything else in the area. I’m in Hamilton County Tennessee, so the soil surrounding us is usually a gritty dark brown or red, fairly moist, and loamy or clay-based. The pile they’ve made is a round patch about 3 feet across, 2-3” deep, light gray in color, and somewhere between sandy and ashy in texture. It even survives the crazy random thunderstorms that temporarily flood the rest of the yard. I haven’t seen any parasites on them, but they have been dropping feathers like crazy the last 2 to 3 weeks, so I’m assuming they may be a little itchy. They’re all about 12 weeks old for reference, and have been seen laying in this little shady spot for the last month, if not a little longer.
I guess I’m just curious on what the process is for them to make their own, I feel it could be very interesting on how they manage to accomplish it themselves. I’d also like to make sure that there’s nothing I could/should add to it if the one they have is working just fine, for now at least. *knock on wood*. This is my first time owning them, and their behavior never ceases to amaze and intrigue me.