[animal mad]

hi, i have just got my chicks they are just over 2 weeks old(all hybrids) they have just started to rub themselves on the straw like a guess an adult would have a dust bath, is this normal. i thought one of the chicks was off her legs but after a min of rubbing herself she got up and has been normal and active since. is this normal behavior.

[Vember]

They look so cute at that age when they do that

I don't bother with dust baths till they go outside


Sarah

[janeheritage]

Mine have been running about outside with their mum since about 2 weeks old, and they love a dust bath. It's really funny to watch them fluffing up their fluff 

[joyfull]

mine like dust bathing as well, but like yours they are outside with their mum so they are protected from the bigger hens (and from ollie our neapolitan mastiff who got too close for mums liking - never seen ollie run so fast with her tail between her legs after being charged at by a wing flapping squarking hen  not bad for a dog that got speyed just three days earlier).

[Big Jen]

I have had little chicks dust bath in the chick crumbs
Jenny

[janeheritage]

When they're in their hutch mine dust bath in a mixture of chopped straw and Diatom!

[GrannieAnnie]

Ours dustbathe in the shavings and in the 2 big dishes of chick crumb I give them for the first couple of weeks.  Luckily, now they have proper feeders, they can't dustbathe in the crumb anymore!   

[Kate and her Ducks]

Talk about playing with your food!

[agingchick]

mine are only 1 week old and they are dust bathing where their mum has dug holes

[Chookster]

I have had little chicks dust bath in the chick crumbs
Jenny

yes! me too. right old mess just 48hrs after i'd cleaned them out. bless em!!