Chickens are born knowing how to take dirt baths, but when they get to learn this behavior from their mother, they sure enjoy it.
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Tag: Birds
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Learning How to Bathe
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Nest at the Top of a Stump
High up a stump Chickens are always looking for great places to build a nest. Yesterday I heard a white Bresse cackling by the side of a ten foot tall stump. I climbed up to the top and found a nest with eight eggs. Just one of the eggs was hers, the white egg. The mystery to uncover is what other hen has been laying eggs up there.
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Hazel’s Egg
Hazel on a nest Every hen lays a special egg. To lay wonderful eggs, chickens need good food, plenty of exercise, and a quiet place to sit.
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Never a Dull Moment
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With chickens, there is never a dull moment. It’s a sunny, January morning. The hens in the nesting boxes are sounding an alarm. Minutes later, all is calm. Outside, the chickens are enjoying the winter sun. Chickens are constantly on the move. In a matter of minutes they will travel long distances.
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Dirt Bath in the Sun
A mother and chick enjoying the sun. On a sunny day, chickens enjoy taking dust and dirt baths. They can really kick up a storm, turning upside down even to work dust and dirt deep into their feathers and onto their skin. They do this to clean themselves, and to get rid of parasites. How this works is that the dust clogs the breathing pores of the parasites, killing them. Smart birds.
That’s why when chickens shake their bodies, sometimes they leave behind a cloud of dust.
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