Mud bath

My hen Quaila (so named because she did not fit in as a chick with other chicks, so was raised with baby quail) had babies. Rather, she is raising the babies from the eggs in her nest, a cross between Rhode Island Red hen(s) and Goober, a Silver Wyandotte rooster.

On the day of this video, she was teaching the kids how to take a dust bath. Well, the sprinklers had run for the morning, she chose a spot in the shade, and the result was very muddy little yellow peepers. The way they are laying on their sides and churning their legs, they look like they are in death throes. But, no, just enjoying being big kids and learning how to bathe. Enjoy... (noise in background is the dryer).