Sam Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 what this big green trug is for!! It's been in their run for months now and none of them have touched it, but finally today I saw Kiev in it!! The others were more than happy to just dig their own holes. I've just started them on a course of flubenvet so they will have to get used to having a dustbaths in their wir! Excuse the mud, when I get my roof I'll be putting woodchip down and filling in all their holes Nice and clean A strange stretch I wouldn't stand there Casper... The broody/funny egg layer/girl with worms!! My dust bath obviously wasn't good enough for her! I love her colour in the sun Anyway hope you've all had a good day Of too make bacon & leek risotto mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 thanks for the pics, they look very happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 They are beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peckingham palace Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Sooper pics xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctors girls Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 i have the same problem my girls have been in there WIR for a week now and still dig for britain but wont use the dust bath i have put in for them mine has cat litter + diatom in it should i throw some compost in and mix it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Mine have NEVER in a year used theirs....Lovely mix of sand, wood-ash & diatom plus potting compost but they just don't want to know & now their bit of the garden has been so thoroughly excavated by chooks creating dust baths, it's almost impossible to negotiate without turning your ankle en route. Girls, eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 Thank you I know! I originally started with just bird sand because I wasn't them to stay clean ( ) especially Casper, but that didn't happen so I reluctantly put a tiny bit of compost in. That didnt wory either. So I just threw a load of compost in and it's now about 75% Mud, 25% Sand so quite pointless but hey ho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52fish Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Gorgeous birds and pictures. OUrs also ignore the dust bath provided and create one in the wood chip instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 love the pictures i have been looking at getting something to use for a dust bath as a couple of weeks ago gladys dug a small hole in the lawn and made a dust bath out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 mine love the wheel barrow thats in there area. it is used to burn rubbish. so is ash and sand and they love it. i do put total mite powder in it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I started with a large plant pot for their dust bath,and they kept perching on the end unti there were enough of them on one side to tip it over and spread it about in the run... so I set up a large cat litter tray underneath the cube and filled it with carefully dried out compost fresh from the bag... At first it was ignored then a week or so later they decided to dig for worms in it, and before the day was out it had been emptied all over the run! I've given up on that idea now. Plus, where I once had grass there are a growing number of depressions/dust baths which they prefer to use. I WAS planning on reseeding that but wonder if there really is much point! (I wonder what my dad would have thought to the lawn he took so much care of being abused in this way? He'd have loved the girls though!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
