🛁🐓 A good dust bath is one of the best ways to prevent red mites naturally. It helps chickens keep their feathers clean, their skin healthy, and those pesky mites away. We just had red mites show up in our coop (yep, it happens to the best of us), and I shared a video last week on how to treat an infestation. Now I’m showing you the best way to prevent them from ever getting in your coop in the first place! Some chicken keepers go years — even a lifetime — without ever seeing these mites. Prev

Dust bathing is a natural behavior for chickens. Not only do they love it, it helps keep them clean from any external parasites. I use fresh “soil” from the store as our ground is much too hard to get a good dirt bath in… 20 bags of soil yesterday for 20 pools lol… they love it!!! They | Funky Chicken