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courtnell
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2009, 11:04:40 AM » |
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Mine love to dust too. What is the reason for this? Mine had rather dust than eat!
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Reeves
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 05:19:39 PM » |
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I have dial up, so didn't look at the video.
However, all Quail , Pheasants etc need a good dust bath area. Sunny days you'll see them in it often.
I'll be posting pictures of my new aviary in about a week. Some pictures will show how I make them.
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2009, 08:45:49 PM » |
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They do it to clean and cool them selves.
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Reeves
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« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2009, 12:01:45 AM » |
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Not so much to cool off.
You'll see them doing this in direct sunlight, in almost burning hot sand.
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mobe_45
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« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 08:11:57 AM » |
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my quail dust so much they have holes in the ground deeper than they are.
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Mark LM GOA Benefactor NRA PF Member LM NAHC
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Reeves
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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 08:32:49 AM » |
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I only bought sand one time.
I had stopped by a concrete place for a small ammount of crush for making concrete at home.
Spotted this big pile of golden colored washed sand.
So I bought 5 ton.
I changed all the sand boxes for my birds........and they looked at it like it was going to attack them !
They never did like it. They just moved off to the natural ground and made their own dusting area.
Eded up using the sand in concrete mixes.
Now I get my sand from a river bank near home. They like it.
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mobe_45
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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2009, 11:58:48 AM » |
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Reeves, do you treat the river sand before you put it in or is it ok to just dump it in?
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Reeves
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2009, 04:29:51 PM » |
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I pick up a truck load (pick-up truck) and "store" it in my pole barn till I need it. Wraped up in a tarp.
I do not see a need to "treat" it with anything.
Some times I'll add dusting powder to the sand when put into the sand boxes.
Check the fishing regs, if there is any warning on toxics in the fish (eating warnings). If there is, choose another river for sand.
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« Reply #10 on: June 18, 2009, 09:03:37 AM » |
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thanks for the heads up on the fish warning.
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