Cleaning Day for the Hens!
Just cleaned the chicken run, dust bath, hen condo, chicken house, hen house, etc! I also got some a couple of bags of sand and some diatomaceous earth and got rid of the old dust bath mix, and put in a brand new dust bath mix. Just all purpose sand mixed with diatomaceous earth, which helps prevent mites and lice and other infestations. After raking out the run area, I spread diatomaceous earth around and mixed it in with the sand. This too helps prevent infestations. They like to go in the dust bath rack to dust bath, and sometimes they prefer to dust bath in the sand in the run, too. So I went heavy with the diatomaceous earth in the areas that they tend to enjoy dust bathing in. I coated some frequently used surfaces with pure white food grade diatomaceous earth. That will kill mites and lice on those surfaces and when the hens step on these surfaces, including roosting bars, so they’ll end up with some of it on their feet as well. I also have a mite and lice spray for chickens th