Poorly chicken

[DebiM.]

I’m new to chickens and Omlet. I read that chicks and chickens need to dust bathe. How are Omlet owners addressing this need?

[Beantree]

In our case they have runs on grass which quickly becomes bare soil. They chose a spot and tear it up until is fine and loose. They do prefer it damp, particularly in Summer, but certainly not wet. So we don't provide baths as such, although other owners do. Chickens can throw the soil quite a distance, so whatever you provide needs high sides. An old tyre works well as it isn't necessary to have a base unless you are going to move it. An alternative to soil is 'play sand', which you can buy for children's sand pits.

[mullethunter]

I have a large tub trug inside a large tyre. The filling tends to be a mix of sand, soil and compost - whatever I have around really.