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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: Selkie on November 12, 2007, 13:32

Title: dust bathing!
Post by: Selkie on November 12, 2007, 13:32

i took a few photos of the girls enjoying their dustbath this morning! i love it when they fluff their feathers up, though half of their time is spent trying to push each other out :D

(http://[img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee101/rosemarycallsthegoddess/dustbathing006.jpg)[/IMG]

(http://[img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee101/rosemarycallsthegoddess/dustbathing008.jpg)[/IMG]

(http://[img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee101/rosemarycallsthegoddess/dustbathing010.jpg)[/IMG]

Title: dust bathing!
Post by: Jellyhead on November 12, 2007, 17:52

They look very content, how lovely :D

Title: dust bathing!
Post by: Selkie on November 12, 2007, 18:18

:D they spent most of the morning like that!

Title: dust bathing!
Post by: ness on November 12, 2007, 20:35

Just out of interest do your chooks make weird noises when they dustbath.  I heard all this commotion one day and it was "Mother Hen" having a dust bath making right perculiar row.  :roll:

Title: dust bathing!
Post by: babe on November 12, 2007, 21:00

aww rosie, lovely pics, they look like they are snuggling  :)

Title: dust bathing!
Post by: Selkie on November 12, 2007, 21:46

Quote from: "ness"

Just out of interest do your chooks make weird noises when they dustbath.  I heard all this commotion one day and it was "Mother Hen" having a dust bath making right perculiar row.  :roll:

ness my hens are sooo related to yours! peter was painting the shed that's near their run and was grumbling about all the noise they were making -- also they were flinging dirt all over the place, not such a good idea with wet paint :cry:

they sounded so happy though!

my favourite photo is the third one, they look like the yin and yang symbol!