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I seem to recall Walt saying that he gives bonus points for birds that smell good when he's judging ???? (Because of that, I make a point of using scented shampoo!)
I remember turning my finest white Silkie purple the first time I bathed him with bluing. And with his black skin, he was PURPLE. (Except for the yellow bits that never did whiten up in his hackle. Bluing, it seems, just makes the whiter parts whiter - or purple - and leaves the yellow alone.) VERY glad I practiced WELL before the show. Had it down to a fine science by the time of the show and it was well worth it.
I used "Tide with bleach alternative" on my hard feathered blue birds (Ameraucanas). They looked STUNNING. It turned all their "rusty" bits black. NO idea how that worked.