The Dirt

Chickens stay clean with, well, dirt. They have a daily ritual known as a dust bath that helps to keep parasites off.

Steps included in a chicken spa treatment:

1) Choose some lovely warm dirt or sand--preferably somewhere your owner would rather you not dig.

2) Gingerly place a toe into the dirt to test the area. Start to dig a hole.

3) If it is perfect, proceed to sit down in egg-laying fashion in the hole.

4) If it is very perfect, start to kick the dirt up with your feet while flapping your wings.

5) Go ahead and roll your head around in the dirt because it feels so nice.

6) Finally, relax and soak up the cool dirt and warm sun giving onlookers the impression that you are dead.



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