{"id":39425,"date":"2025-01-21T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39425"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:00:04","slug":"dust-bathing-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=39425","title":{"rendered":"Dust bathing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After mentioning worrying about Sugar&#8217;s quality of life, today she was dust bathing with Snow. It&#8217;s the first time I have seen her dust bathing for ages. I think the recent cold weather was having an effect on her. It was heart warming to see her dust bathing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sugar-and-snow-dust-bathing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sugar-and-snow-dust-bathing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sugar-and-snow-dust-bathing.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sugar-and-snow-dust-bathing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sugar-and-snow-dust-bathing-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sugar and Snow dust bathing together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sugar is on the left. Sugar and Snow are often together, they often perch on the ladder together and seem to have formed a little alliance. It&#8217;s funny because they also look quite similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mango-and-cloud-helping.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mango-and-cloud-helping.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mango-and-cloud-helping.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mango-and-cloud-helping-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mango-and-cloud-helping-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mango and Cloud helping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/enjoying-a-lovely-dust-bath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/enjoying-a-lovely-dust-bath.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/enjoying-a-lovely-dust-bath.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/enjoying-a-lovely-dust-bath-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/enjoying-a-lovely-dust-bath-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Enjoying a lovely dust bath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/meanwhile-gold-is-dust-bathing-helped-by-storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/meanwhile-gold-is-dust-bathing-helped-by-storm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/meanwhile-gold-is-dust-bathing-helped-by-storm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/meanwhile-gold-is-dust-bathing-helped-by-storm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/meanwhile-gold-is-dust-bathing-helped-by-storm-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Meanwhile Gold is dust bathing helped by Storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-i-managed-to-catch-a-shot-of-red.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-i-managed-to-catch-a-shot-of-red.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-i-managed-to-catch-a-shot-of-red.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-i-managed-to-catch-a-shot-of-red-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-i-managed-to-catch-a-shot-of-red-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>And I managed to catch a shot of Red<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-autumn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-autumn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-autumn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-autumn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/and-autumn-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>And Autumn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Again this shows how improved Autumn&#8217;s legs and feet are although she has the palest comb I think I have ever seen. She seems fine though and I am so pleased to see her legs and feet back to normal. It will be interesting to compare her comb when it&#8217;s red again assuming she will start laying again in spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s lovely seeing the girls dust bathing. Dust bathing girls are happy girls. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After mentioning worrying about Sugar&#8217;s quality of life, today she was dust bathing with Snow. It&#8217;s the first time I have seen her dust bathing for ages. I think the recent cold weather was having an effect on her. 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