Alright buddy, I gotta tell ya about the time I thought my chickens were throwing the wildest rager inside their coop.<\/p>\n
I went out back to grab some eggs for breakfast and saw what looked like a thin layer of snow had fallen inside the coop. But it was like 90 degrees out so I knew that couldn’t be right.<\/p>\n
I pushed open the door and almost gagged from the cloud of dust that blew in my face. It was like opening the towel drawer at a tanning salon, just dust everywhere.<\/p>\n
When the dust settled I saw my chickens hopping around looking like prizefighters after a KO. Their feathers were caked in the stuff and I started panicking that something was seriously wrong.<\/p>\n
That’s when the biggest dingus of them all, Henrietta, starts scarfing down a mouthful of the dust. The light bulb finally clicked\u2014my chickens were the ones making the mess!<\/p>\n
Chickens actually do eat dust and it’s important for their health.<\/strong> Dust bathing helps chickens stay clean and get rid of external parasites.<\/strong><\/p>\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n