Great Video, I need to check into those herbs. Do your hens ever play the xylophone you have hanging in there or do they just use it to ring the butler for more food? giggles
A dust bath is essential for a fit and healthy chook, It stops the mites and makes them have a certain chooky look. Every chicken keeper has their own dustbathy way, But using herbs as seen right here can keep bad smells at bay. Madam President your info hits the spot once more, ALL HAIL CHICKENLANDIA, A pleasure not a chore. 👍🤗🥁❤
This will be my fist year with chickens. I wasn’t planning on getting them really but found one in a ditch during a rain storm at 12:30 am. Not sure if she was sat out, got lost or something tried to pack her off. She seemed scared and she had some feathers missing. Now she has 9 sisters and is on her way to a big coop and run. :)
This is one of my fave vids from you, thank you so very much. I live in Spokane, so I get it with the wet winters. They were digging up the dirt/mulch up until today, but now that everything is frozen that’s a great idea with the bucket. I will definitely ask my neighbors for their fireplace ashes too, great idea on that as well!!! Thank you Madam President!❤
I just put out a dust bath for my 8 chickens today..They explored it for a bit.. when I came back about 20 minutes later they were ALL snuggled up in the dust bath together.. it was so cute!
I love watching your videos....not only are they informative but YOU crack me up! I love your upbeat, positive outlook and that you can laugh at yourself...the fogging of your glasses still makes me laugh!
I know this is almost a year old, but just discovered you! I am in Ontario, Canada and am so glad to find someone who has winters!!! I mix diatematicous earth, wood ash and dirt!!! The birds love it!!!
@@aboothe76 thanks for asking! I have never thought about it before! In my case, because I live in Ontario, Canada and it's sooo damp...I aim for 3/4 dirt, 1/8 d.e. and 1/4 ashes. The hens usually add some straw 😆 🤣
Thank you for making this clear and simple for a newbie. Can't believe how complicated some people make this out to be. You are the best chicken channel!! Why didn't I come here first?
Thank you for explaining the difference between the different types of diatomaceous earth. I know chickens have weaker respetory systems and didn't want to make them sick by getting something to fine to dust bathe in.
I made my own dust bath for them the week I got them. I used cement edging to create an enclosure, secured them with landscape staples so they can’t dig around and move them. They explored it straight away and absolutely love it. Just have to keep it topped off for them. I would caution about the use of so much wood ash. When your girls get wet that can become a problem, wood ash is where we get lye, it’s very caustic to the skin. I’m sure it works great to ward off pests, mites but I would be leery of being so liberal with it.
Great video and tips! Thank you. Your one of the very very few people I trust to get information from on how to raise chickens ❤❤ You have helped me so much and I really appreciate it!!
Hello, love your videos and your laugh! Question about the dust bath, does it have to be cleaned out or just make new ones through out the winter? or it's good till spring? I'ma chicken noob! lol
I swear your in my brain! I was just talking to Chris about getting them something for dust baths! We don't have access to wood ash but can for sure get everything else! Thanks President!
Diatomaceous earth, I'm French Canadian and I thought this word was a mouth full. 🥴 But you didn't stumble once.😜 I'm on a rampage on your channel. Wonderful tricks. My chickens are going to love me, thanks to you. 🐔🐓 I wish you all a beautiful summer.
I just put my DE in a picnic ketchup bottle and squirt it out on the coop floor. I'm in Florida where it's all sand. But I am going to check out the herb mixture. Sounds good.
Thanks for caring about chickens and teaching some reasonable, basic ways for taking care of our feathered friends. It makes me sad to see them mishandled or treated disrespectfully. Many people know about dogs and cats. But chickens? They are just as personable, lovable (maybe not as smart - but who cares?) and worthy of good care. Love your little Kiki! Has she got Hamburg in her? Body size/shape, colors and spunkiness suggest she has silver spangled Hamburg in her. What a doll!
I just found you this week. I love your videos!! This is my 1st winter with chickens. Would you have an estimate of much of each ingredient to add to make the dust bath? And I don’t have or know anybody with a fireplace. Any idea where I could get wood ash?
I just watched another video from another channel that recommended just diatomaceous earth for the desk bath. What are your thoughts? Thank you so much
Our chickens did the same thing as your black hen with the new dust bath. They would get in the dust bath tub and check it out and hop out. But I think it took the next day and they started using it. I love your videos!
Hi. Thank you for your videos. They have been very informative and helpful. This is our first time with baby chicks. How soon is a good time to provide them with the dust bath?
I love the encouragement to "do your own research." We are each responsible for our own lives and how we go about it deserves consideration. I thought the wood ash was an interesting.
I got the courage to start "Chickening" from your youtube videos. Sometimes a tiny bit more specifics would be helpful.. i'm under a heap of pressures from too many irons in the fire, chickens being one of them.
thanks for the dust bath in a bin idea. my chicken "yard" gets wet here in the PNW! so, I know they are going under the coop but I might be able to bring a portable dustbath also!
We made our dust bath out of peat moss and diatomaceous earth(Food Grade). Our yard is all clay, not good for dust bath. I want to get those herbs you use. My chickens started using it almost immediately after putting it down for them. They love it, and there will be 2-3 chickens in it at the same time. I love your information you share. This is the first time I've ever had chickens, so I'm watching every video and reading everything I can get my hands on to educate myself. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Deborah, hey 👋 from another Debra. I used to live on the central coast of California. It was clay soil. We used a deep litter of free wood chips in the chicken yard-like 8 " deep. After a year, underneath the chips, I noticed nice black soil! All the poo, rototilling by the hens and spring rain, combined to make the most beautiful potting soil you ever saw! I kept adding wood chips on top as they broke down. Oh, got piles of free chips from the pg&e linemen, trimming the trees away from their lines. I asked, pointed and they dumped! So, it's something you cd try on that clay soil. It will take a long time but the hens do the work for you once you get the chips into their yard and they LOVE IT! You can wet it down in summer and it cools them and oh btw, you will have no FLYS! ❤
Hi I'm a new chick mummy as of yesterday😁 Polish bantam, speckled Sussex bantam, and speckled hen. 9 weeks old, and I'm in love. I am impressed with your ways, live your personality 👍 I'm off to see if I can source items for this in the UK. Thank you so much 😘
I just came across your channel and I love it. You are a joy to watch and have great information that I will be needing . I plain on getting my coop up this fall so I will be needing all the info I can get. Especially since Aim afraid of chicken . I will probably only start with 4. I live in Fl. and it hot so I'm worried all ready.
You've probably heard of First Saturday Lime, I'm going to try that instead of de. Have you tried fsl for anything? Btw, love your videos! I only found you this week and I think they are great 👍🏻
I was a new chicken owner when I went to the run and saw holes everywhere...like those lunar moon shots. Turned out they were making dust baths. I had no idea.
You can get zeolite clay at any farm store. I like the brand Sweet PDZ. I use it pretty generously in my coop since I have so much moisture but I would experiment with it.
I just discovered your channel and I love it! We are building a bird coop and making it predator proof (as much as we can). I need to find out where you get the herbs and order more food grade DE. I like it that you have a variety of birds together.
You are a great chicken mommy! Thank you this really helps, I'm a new chick mommy, only have 3 to start out.. do you have the amounts of each ingredient of this recipe or just eye it. Not sure if you wrote it in one of the answers.. Thank you!!
i'm finding all kinds of conflicting advice about diatomaceous earth (food grade). Some insist it kills microbes in the compost and the deep litter, others insist it doesn't. Do you have any thoughts on this? TIA!
The first time I bought DE, it was white food grade, my daughter picked up my next bag it was gray food grade, but I worry it might not be the best food grade
For baby chicks I would just use plain dirt with nothing added. If you’re concerned about playground sand I would also just use dirt with DE and/or wood ash for adult chickens.
First time chicken owner, question 1 do you put dust bath out only in fall/winter or year round? Question 2 do you put dust bath in coop or leave outside? Thanks
I live in a tropical country where the products you suggest aren't available. Can I just us builder or beach sand instead? The chickens love using sand during dry season and I haven't seen any sifn of parasite infestations. Now, during monsoon season, it is too wet.
Question.. I clicked on the link for the organic nesting herbs but,, this is the notice I got. *Oops, This Page Could Not Be Found!* Do you have another link for this product? Thanks,, Lori
What are the ratios of ingredients? I can estimate but I’m working on typing out lists of things that are needed (also so my kids can learn). Please and thank you☺️❤️🐓🐣
Lots of great info!! My chickens have made their own dust bath area, but I think this would be a good idea to add to their run! The only thing is I don't have anything to keep over it so it stays dry when it rains. Unless I just placed it under their coop. What are your thoughts?
Great Video, I need to check into those herbs. Do your hens ever play the xylophone you have hanging in there or do they just use it to ring the butler for more food? giggles
LOL they NEVER play it hahaha. Maybe if I put peanut butter on it??
@@WelcometoChickenlandia or hang some mealy worms on it hehe
Exactly!
Tgl-t flak gm ljuu
Nice
A dust bath is essential for a fit and healthy chook,
It stops the mites and makes them have a certain chooky look.
Every chicken keeper has their own dustbathy way,
But using herbs as seen right here can keep bad smells at bay.
Madam President your info hits the spot once more,
ALL HAIL CHICKENLANDIA,
A pleasure not a chore.
👍🤗🥁❤
Thank you!! You really “get” the spirit of chickenlandia!
Thank you!! You really “get” the spirit of Chickenlandia!
How early can they have a dusk bath
@@jeremygray6628 right after the sun goes down
This will be my fist year with chickens. I wasn’t planning on getting them really but found one in a ditch during a rain storm at 12:30 am. Not sure if she was sat out, got lost or something tried to pack her off. She seemed scared and she had some feathers missing. Now she has 9 sisters and is on her way to a big coop and run. :)
Awww. Thank you for saving her.
@@WelcometoChickenlandia :) ❤️
Just please keep your coop away from your house. I had mice tunneling under the ground into my house YIKES !!!
@@critterfestsanctuary2446 oh yes. We have creek rats every once in a while come in the yard. They are at the other end of our yard.
Awwww , God bless you!
This is one of my fave vids from you, thank you so very much. I live in Spokane, so I get it with the wet winters. They were digging up the dirt/mulch up until today, but now that everything is frozen that’s a great idea with the bucket. I will definitely ask my neighbors for their fireplace ashes too, great idea on that as well!!! Thank you Madam President!❤
I just put out a dust bath for my 8 chickens today..They explored it for a bit.. when I came back about 20 minutes later they were ALL snuggled up in the dust bath together.. it was so cute!
I love watching your videos....not only are they informative but YOU crack me up! I love your upbeat, positive outlook and that you can laugh at yourself...the fogging of your glasses still makes me laugh!
I know a lot of people that use First Saturday Lime in the dust baths, instead of diatomaceous earth. It's not harmful to humans or chickens.
We’re can I buy some
@@randyalmonte1431 I order it off of Amazon. I can tell you from personal experience that it is awesome.
Just love you....and your info! Every one needs to live more on their animals!♥️
Be blessed in the name of Jesus!
I know this is almost a year old, but just discovered you! I am in Ontario, Canada and am so glad to find someone who has winters!!! I mix diatematicous earth, wood ash and dirt!!! The birds love it!!!
Hi I’m from the US. I also just found her channel as well. I do not have any chickens yet but I’m learning.
She has a really awesome site 💜
What are the ratios of the three? Or does it matter? Tysm!!
@@aboothe76 thanks for asking! I have never thought about it before! In my case, because I live in Ontario, Canada and it's sooo damp...I aim for 3/4 dirt, 1/8 d.e. and 1/4 ashes. The hens usually add some straw 😆 🤣
@@quirkychelle thank you!!! Built a box yesterday and going to put it all in this morning! 🥰🐓🐔🐥🫶❤️
@@aboothe76 they'll be such happy cluckers!
You're such a great and fabulous chicken mamma..like that dust bath was 5***** luxury spa treatment right there! ❤😅
Thankyu for making this so clear. I am new with chickens and want to do things right. Learning every day.
Thank you for making this clear and simple for a newbie. Can't believe how complicated some people make this out to be. You are the best chicken channel!! Why didn't I come here first?
Thank you for explaining the difference between the different types of diatomaceous earth. I know chickens have weaker respetory systems and didn't want to make them sick by getting something to fine to dust bathe in.
I made my own dust bath for them the week I got them. I used cement edging to create an enclosure, secured them with landscape staples so they can’t dig around and move them. They explored it straight away and absolutely love it. Just have to keep it topped off for them.
I would caution about the use of so much wood ash. When your girls get wet that can become a problem, wood ash is where we get lye, it’s very caustic to the skin. I’m sure it works great to ward off pests, mites but I would be leery of being so liberal with it.
Wood ash and water alone will not make lye; it must be boiled first to become acidic.
Great tips as always, your trials and errors are helping us all give our chickens a better life. Love the xylophone on the wall for them to peck at!😇
I just love your videos! We are new chicken owners and they have helped so much! Is your chicken course still available? Thanks!
Yes!! welcometochickenlandia.com/online-course/
Nice bucket of black gold.
Pretty ducks.
I love your attitude. You are such a joy to watch
I have new chickies and ducklings
They are such a blessing
Thank you for sharing all your ideas❤️🙏🏻
Great video and tips! Thank you. Your one of the very very few people I trust to get information from on how to raise chickens ❤❤ You have helped me so much and I really appreciate it!!
I love this video. Some superb information and very timely given that most chicken keepers are unable to provide dry outdoor dust baths right now.
Thank you!! I really appreciate you watching.
Thanks! I have FG diatomaceous earth. Now I need to make some wood ash.
You have the same hobby like me. Love you from Malta
We use large plastic concrete mixing pans as our 7 boys & 11 girls like to bathe together.
They are $20 at Home Depot!
Still my favorite tip to share with a new chicken owner. Only thing i do different is i like the kitty litter box that has the lid.
Please tell me where you get your awesome glasses? Thank you so much.
Great information! Also, you're adorable in your raspberry beret. :)
lol thank you!! 🐔❤️👩🏽🎨
Hello, love your videos and your laugh! Question about the dust bath, does it have to be cleaned out or just make new ones through out the winter? or it's good till spring? I'ma chicken noob! lol
This was a great share!! I think I'm going to add some fresh herbs (rosemary & sage) in the coop to add that amazing smell as well. Thanks!!
Perfect idea! 🐔🐔🐔
I swear your in my brain! I was just talking to Chris about getting them something for dust baths! We don't have access to wood ash but can for sure get everything else! Thanks President!
Yay!! Let me know how it goes. One of the chickens finally used theirs yesterday lol!
Diatomaceous earth,
I'm French Canadian and I thought this word was a mouth full. 🥴 But you didn't stumble once.😜 I'm on a rampage on your channel. Wonderful tricks. My chickens are going to love me, thanks to you. 🐔🐓 I wish you all a beautiful summer.
Aww thank you! I hope you have a great summer as well. :-)
Glad you said something. I used de for my pool, so now i need to check
I just put my DE in a picnic ketchup bottle and squirt it out on the coop floor. I'm in Florida where it's all sand.
But I am going to check out the herb mixture. Sounds good.
I need a dust bath. 😆
Another awesome video!❤️👍
It’s like dry shampoo for chickens! 🤣❤️
Love your different eye glasses frames
Thank you!!
I'm envious of your yard dirt.
My chickens love their dust bath so much they will get into it before I can put it back in the coop. All 6 try to get in it together.😂
I love your chicken palace! So bright and roomy. And cute.
Thanks for caring about chickens and teaching some reasonable, basic ways for taking care of our feathered friends. It makes me sad to see them mishandled or treated disrespectfully. Many people know about dogs and cats. But chickens? They are just as personable, lovable (maybe not as smart - but who cares?) and worthy of good care. Love your little Kiki! Has she got Hamburg in her? Body size/shape, colors and spunkiness suggest she has silver spangled Hamburg in her. What a doll!
Thank you so much. Kiki was a Serama. She passed away a couple months ago. ❤️
@@WelcometoChickenlandia That's so sad to lose a bird. I'm sorry.
I’ll grow sweet Annie! In the fall, I will collect all of those small leaves and save them for the chicken coop. Smells fantastic.
Good stuff. I like the idea of adding herbs. Have a good weekend!
Makes it smell so good!
I just found you this week. I love your videos!! This is my 1st winter with chickens. Would you have an estimate of much of each ingredient to add to make the dust bath? And I don’t have or know anybody with a fireplace. Any idea where I could get wood ash?
I just watched another video from another channel that recommended just diatomaceous earth for the desk bath. What are your thoughts? Thank you so much
Lol! I was in suspense at the end.😆👍
LOL They keep you guessing!
How often do you need to change the dust bath?
Our chickens did the same thing as your black hen with the new dust bath. They would get in the dust bath tub and check it out and hop out. But I think it took the next day and they started using it. I love your videos!
Can you do a coop tour or do you already have one I am new to your group
Hi. Thank you for your videos. They have been very informative and helpful. This is our first time with baby chicks. How soon is a good time to provide them with the dust bath?
I love the encouragement to "do your own research." We are each responsible for our own lives and how we go about it deserves consideration. I thought the wood ash was an interesting.
Great video. Thanks you 😄
I'm so glad you liked it!
I'm so glad you liked it!
Hi!good information,can this mixture be used on dogs goats and cats?
I got the courage to start "Chickening" from your youtube videos. Sometimes a tiny bit more specifics would be helpful.. i'm under a heap of pressures from too many irons in the fire, chickens being one of them.
thanks for the dust bath in a bin idea. my chicken "yard" gets wet here in the PNW! so, I know they are going under the coop but I might be able to bring a portable dustbath also!
what ratio do you use? and how deep should it be?
We made our dust bath out of peat moss and diatomaceous earth(Food Grade). Our yard is all clay, not good for dust bath. I want to get those herbs you use. My chickens started using it almost immediately after putting it down for them. They love it, and there will be 2-3 chickens in it at the same time. I love your information you share. This is the first time I've ever had chickens, so I'm watching every video and reading everything I can get my hands on to educate myself. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Deborah, hey 👋 from another Debra. I used to live on the central coast of California. It was clay soil. We used a deep litter of free wood chips in the chicken yard-like 8 " deep. After a year, underneath the chips, I noticed nice black soil! All the poo, rototilling by the hens and spring rain, combined to make the most beautiful potting soil you ever saw! I kept adding wood chips on top as they broke down. Oh, got piles of free chips from the pg&e linemen, trimming the trees away from their lines. I asked, pointed and they dumped! So, it's something you cd try on that clay soil. It will take a long time but the hens do the work for you once you get the chips into their yard and they LOVE IT! You can wet it down in summer and it cools them and oh btw, you will have no FLYS! ❤
Hi I'm a new chick mummy as of yesterday😁 Polish bantam, speckled Sussex bantam, and speckled hen. 9 weeks old, and I'm in love. I am impressed with your ways, live your personality 👍 I'm off to see if I can source items for this in the UK. Thank you so much 😘
Sounds like a super fun flock!
Great video, I am just discovering this one. How long are the dust baths good for? Do you empty them and replace the items or just replenish?
great information. thanks for sharing.
I just came across your channel and I love it. You are a joy to watch and have great information that I will be needing . I plain on getting my coop up this fall so I will be needing all the info I can get. Especially since Aim afraid of chicken . I will probably only start with 4. I live in Fl. and it hot so I'm worried all ready.
awwww did not think of using herbs now I knw and will do so. your chickens are so cute, they all have such different personalities, like mine
Yes, I love that about them!
Great videos I learned a lot thank you
I’m so glad!
Was Goo the first one in the dust bath?
Thank you
You are welcome!
I don't have any wood ash. Can it be optional?
Yes! :)
Will an old send box turtle work for the dust bath for the chickens
You've probably heard of First Saturday Lime, I'm going to try that instead of de. Have you tried fsl for anything? Btw, love your videos! I only found you this week and I think they are great 👍🏻
Does the dust bath go inside the coop or outside in the run? Thanks!
In the run
My coop is a bit too small to put a large litter box in with everything else. Would putting it in the run work?
Yes! As long as water can't get into it, should be fine!
I was a new chicken owner when I went to the run and saw holes everywhere...like those lunar moon shots. Turned out they were making dust baths. I had no idea.
Right, who knew?
Love to hear more about zeolite and what brands and how much you use etc.
You can get zeolite clay at any farm store. I like the brand Sweet PDZ. I use it pretty generously in my coop since I have so much moisture but I would experiment with it.
@@WelcometoChickenlandia thank you. I found it at my local farm
Store. 👍
are there any herbs i could add to the dust bath that will repel chickens? or are all herbs good?
I just discovered your channel and I love it! We are building a bird coop and making it predator proof (as much as we can). I need to find out where you get the herbs and order more food grade DE. I like it that you have a variety of birds together.
You are a great chicken mommy! Thank you this really helps, I'm a new chick mommy, only have 3 to start out.. do you have the amounts of each ingredient of this recipe or just eye it. Not sure if you wrote it in one of the answers.. Thank you!!
I am terrible at measurements so I just eyeball it! I would just be sure to make the bulk of it either sand or dirt. :-)
i just got chickens yestday. can i just dig in my yard and they’ll bathe in it?
I love your videos!
I have dirt and food grade DE. Is the wood ash super necessary?
Thank you 😀
You're a great chicken mommy 🐔🐔
Thank you so much!
i'm finding all kinds of conflicting advice about diatomaceous earth (food grade). Some insist it kills microbes in the compost and the deep litter, others insist it doesn't. Do you have any thoughts on this? TIA!
The first time I bought DE, it was white food grade, my daughter picked up my next bag it was gray food grade, but I worry it might not be the best food grade
It's actually grey in its natural form so I think it's fine if it is grey as long as it's labeled food grade. :-)
Ok, its snowy, i don't t have our amazing soil to make a dust bath with. Where can i get some soil or ahould i use sand? Home depot?
I used some peat moss , construction sand and soil and Food Grad DE
How often do you change the dust bath out?
Just when it gets low. The DE and ash keep out pests so it doesn't go bad.
What is the recipe for the dustbath? Im especially curious how much diatomaceous earth I need to put on the bath!
I like cutting sprigs of lavender that do the same thing. Also helps with insects. SMELLS GRREAT!
Do you recommend a red light warming lamp over the dust bath in winter?
What would you recommend when it comes to getting the right sand? I thought play sand was bad for chicks because it can cause an impacted crop.
For baby chicks I would just use plain dirt with nothing added. If you’re concerned about playground sand I would also just use dirt with DE and/or wood ash for adult chickens.
great entertainment for chickens
Thank you so much, great video! I’ve learned so much from watching your very Informative videos
First time chicken owner, question 1 do you put dust bath out only in fall/winter or year round? Question 2 do you put dust bath in coop or leave outside? Thanks
Use it when nothing else is available. When they are cooped up because of snow, etc.
Is there any place in the Seattle area to purchase wood ash, also do you use sand in your dust bath at all? Thank you so much!
I love chickens I have them rn
DE is the best
Right???
Great !
silly question but what kind of sand please?
I live in a tropical country where the products you suggest aren't available. Can I just us builder or beach sand instead? The chickens love using sand during dry season and I haven't seen any sifn of parasite infestations. Now, during monsoon season, it is too wet.
Question.. I clicked on the link for the organic nesting herbs but,, this is the notice I got. *Oops, This Page Could Not Be Found!* Do you have another link for this product? Thanks,, Lori
They stopped selling that product but this one works! myfavoritechicken.com/product/nest-box-herbs-for-hens-organic-non-gmo/
What are the ratios of ingredients? I can estimate but I’m working on typing out lists of things that are needed (also so my kids can learn). Please and thank you☺️❤️🐓🐣
I recently bought food grade diatomaceous earth but its grainy and not powdery. Do you think it will be ok to use as a dust bath? Thanks!!
Lots of great info!! My chickens have made their own dust bath area, but I think this would be a good idea to add to their run! The only thing is I don't have anything to keep over it so it stays dry when it rains. Unless I just placed it under their coop. What are your thoughts?
You could try it under the coop and see if they will use it! That’s what I would do.
I’m like you I love my chickens❤