I'm having the same problem. Someone told me to add a small amount of bleach to the bath water but I would be afraid to use it around the eyes. I bought some whitening shampoo but haven't tried it yet. If it doesn't work I will use it on my dogs.
Someone else has told me hydrogen peroxide... again I would be afraid to use that near the eyes. I hope someone has an answer for us!
Once you get a Silkie really stained, not much will bring it back to snow white, except plucking it to grow back in. The key is using water bottles, and keeping the crests of show birds up in tape.Keep your show birds on dry kitty litter, which you screen every day. There is no easier way, if you want to produce top winning birds.
That is what I use as well. What I do is first wash the bird with dish soap, then rinse. I then soap it up again with dish soap again and then add a couple of drops of the vetrolin to my hands and rub my hands together getting a good lather. I then apply to crest, beard, and tail. Then you can start lathering the bird all over. It may take a couple more times of adding the drops to your hands, lathering, and applying. You don't want to put this bluing shampoo directly on the bird. Use some sort of shampoo/dish soap first to dilute the vetrolin. If you even get a drop of it directly on the bird it will stain so quickly dilute it. It is a balancing act, but it works very well once you get the hang of it. You can apply it to the foot feathers directly, just not the silkied feathers.
Thank you for all the help. Will be going to try to find some of this shampoo.
