do 2 week old chicks need a dust bath.

animal mad · « **on:** July 06, 2009, 19:02 »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2009, 19:04 »

They look so cute at that age when they do that

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

Sarah

janeheritage · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2009, 19:41 »

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 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 06, 2009, 19:46 »

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2009, 21:29 »

I have had little chicks dust bath in the chick crumbs

Jenny

janeheritage · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2009, 22:08 »

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

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2009, 22:27 »

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 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2009, 22:28 »

Talk about playing with your food!

agingchick · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2009, 22:39 »

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

Chookster · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2009, 23:02 »

Quote from: Big Jen on July 06, 2009, 21:29

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!!

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