I topped up the chicken's dust bath yesterday.
At first it was an orderly affair
then there were 2 in on the act
and eventually all three were crammed into the pot
Daft creatures they are at times, but great entertainment!
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little cotton rabbits 
They look like they’re planting themselves!
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I would love to see a video of that! How funny they are, I would love to have some but since I am in the middle of town, not likely.
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I love it!
We have little fluffy chickens who go into a dust bathing frenzy looking like little balls of white fairy floss and come out looking like tumble weeds!
So lovely to see chickens enjoying their life and being cherished.
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So I see there is true meaning to the expression dumber than dirt 🙂
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I used to have chickens as a child back home.. they bring back memories 😉 pretty girls
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That is so neat, I didn’t know chickens liked a dirt bath.
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How cute! Makes me wish we had chickens — I think :-)?
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Yep, that’s the exact same thing mine were doing this week…only not in a flower pot…but right at the edge of their fence! It’s funny!
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Who wouldn’t love to have a little dust bath with a bunch of friends!
Lovely pictures… :0))
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How funny! I’m very excited because my chicken coop and run arrived this morning!
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Hehehe! What nutters!
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nice chickens, i am thinking of getting two or three myself .. but its a big things as i live in a town with a smallish garden, at the moment is taken up with veggis, my frist year at that to ..
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Great girls! Rather like everyone bonding at the health farm! Have re-started the “I Need Chickens” campaign!!
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How fab! I miss having my girls pootling around the garden :o(
Lucy x
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Wonderful photos, Julie! Talk about the simple pleasures of life. Do they hens lay more eggs after frolics like these?
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Hee hee – they are quite barmy! Our girls have been doing lots of sunbathing this week 🙂
xxx
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they look like they are having fun and your account of their antics made me smile
Jackie x
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ahh i have always wanted chickens,funny little creatures!
hope you have a lovely weekend
rachel
x
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oh what bliss – like soaking in a hot bath for us – this is hen heaven!
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awww, they are sweet!
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It’s a hen party.
Sorry.
Looks lovely and sunny in your corner of the country. I’ll try not to be too jealous =)
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Will you be knitting any cute little chicken cuddle dolls? Or, Hen, Chicks and Nest :D. My daughter would be in love. We have 7 chickens at home and my sweet girl loves them all.
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I love the pictures! They make me laugh! I can only imagine seeing it live!
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Adorable! And on another note… when are you going to have some more gorgeous patterns for sale on etsy? 🙂
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did you have grass in the chicken pen or is it bark chippings all the way? My parents had grass but now it is bare earth as the chickens lover eating all the grass! As they have plenty of earth they don’t provide them with an earth bath, instead they have made their own! I love collecting the egss as does my two year old!
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🙂 They’re charming. It’s partially the fault of your cute chickens that I now have my own chickens! I have five Rhode Island Reds about half-grown and six baby Buff Orpingtons that are 3 weeks old.
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Chickens are such wonderfully silly creatures aren’t they? I live in town now but chickens and bluebells are the two things I miss the most from my previous life in the country. And maybe my Rayburn. I think I’d better stop there! Lovely pictures.
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How wonderful! A flower pot of chickens, fluffing themselves up! very funny too, how I wish I could have witnessed that. Reminds me of the birds queing to take a wash in our bird bath, then giving up waiting, and just jumping in together.
Vanessa xxx
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Chickens are hilarious! I can’t wait until we don’t live in a fourth floor flat so we can have some. And ducks. I love ducks even more than I love chickens!
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Hi, love your site and your chicken photos. I am currently working on an educational power point about caring for backyard chickens and would like to use your picture of two chickens in the dust bath. Please let me know how I can credit this photo with your permission.
thank you
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