Just curiosity, really... What's the normal age for the desire to dust themselves to manifest itself? I wondered last night if one or two were trying to "dust" in the shavings. This morning when I put their usual clump of grass/roots/dirt in for them to play with (and after it had been scratched around and nearly dried out), about half of them hunkered down and began to thrash around. The chicks are 9 or 10 days old now.
Ours are 3 weeks old tomorrow and the other day the mama hen was teaching them to take a dust bath. It is hilarious to watch them do it.
Valerie in Va.
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