puddleduck Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm sure you've seen it all before but I still wanted to share! hope you don't mind, sorry about the poor quality! Daisy really did have the time of her life! (it was her first time ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Aww, bless her . She looks like she's having fun . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 What a cutie!!! They adore dustbathing don't they? I could watch them all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Great pictures....she looks like she is having lots of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 lololololol bless her!!!! look at that eye she's giving you..lolololol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Lovely pics, she looks so happy and not very white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggienator Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 They are soo funny when they dust bathe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Clucks-minusOne Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Did she purr ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddleduck Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Did she purr ? no, but if she could of laid on her back with her legs in the air I think she would of done! the others just kept walking past looking at her... almost in disgust before getting a face full of soil themselves... she even threw some my way too! was a joy to watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Great pics. I love it when they dustbathe and the others surround "the bath" and peck at the soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 they juszt make it look soooooo lovely don't they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowcloud Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Ours love a dust bath too, but have to make their own... I shall have to try the trug method for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphine Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Excellent! Do they manage to get in the trug themselves? Or do you have to lift them in there? Something else for my ever-growing shopping list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidygirlsuk Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I think this thread is a good idea to let new people know that they do this. I was quite alarmed when i saw this for the first now i love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 (edited) When I saw this I honestly thought Maisie was pecking at a carcass . Edited April 25, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Love the pictures, have solved another dilemma for me, so many thanks. Tallulah and Lavender arrive on 9th May and spent all day yesterday looking at covered cat trays but now will buy a pink trug, do I use play sand or compost? also do they jump in or do they need help? sorry for stuiped questions but very worried that I do something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I think birds are attracted to pink - our baby sparrow that we nurtured kept pulling out the pink tissues from a mixed box and tried to bath in it - hilarious to watch. But nothing prepares you for a sunbathing dustbathing chicken that resembles road kill. Spent too long watching Cheyenne yesterday - makes mental note to top up the dirt which is now mostly outside the old sandpit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atsw Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 We've put an old green recycling box in our WIR, which we top up with dry soil. I don't have any pics of them in it, but try to imagine two Buff Orps and a large Red Hen all trying to get into one green recycling box, it is very funny watching them shuffle for position. When they are allowed into the garden, they tend to head for an old kids swing, where they have created their own multi-hen dust bath, complete with shade! Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddleduck Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Excellent! Do they manage to get in the trug themselves? Or do you have to lift them in there? Something else for my ever-growing shopping list they manage the trug just fine on there own, or at least daisy does, the others are yet to bother with it! Love the pictures, have solved another dilemma for me, so many thanks. Tallulah and Lavender arrive on 9th May and spent all day yesterday looking at covered cat trays but now will buy a pink trug, do I use play sand or compost? also do they jump in or do they need help? sorry for stuiped questions but very worried that I do something wrong. I used soil and a little wood ash, play sand is good too (I might add some to mine!) Wait till you see them sunbathing (I thought one of mine had died the first time I saw them ). Sorry I've hijacked the thread a bit but Tidygirl makes a good point! Don't worry, your not hijacking it, I just love to see other pics and hear other ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerryegg Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Yes great pictures. Frightened me to death when I saw our first dustbath. Thought the hen was having a fit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Juliet and Valerie squeeze in together while an impatient queue of ladies forms...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Why are my girls absolutely terrified of tyres when everybody elses seem to know exactly what to do with them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I hadn't scrolled down far enough to see the last posting, but when I saw that tyre full of chickens I thought "oh dear, don't let ANH see that one" too late! And look at the queue forming around it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalu Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 ANH - maybe your girls had a bad experience with tyres on wheels in their previous life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Its great to see isn't it, my new ex-bats just experienced their first ever dust bath and sunbath... I bet they thought they had died and gone to heaven!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
