Am I the only one that washes my chickens?

[featherhead007]

My roo get's a bath too!

 

[LizzzyJo]

Okay, question then. If some of mine have poop spots on their feathers, how do you wash them?

Bathe very sparingly with water if you choose this path and NEVER in winter. I’m talking water baths only in the doldrums of summer in oppressive dry heat. Unless you plan to blow dry.

They will dust bathe themselves and get off most messes eventually. Water bathing is only for real problems or as OP said - a rarity. And in summer.

 

[Molly Mojo]

Okay, guys, I guess that will go on my to do list for this weekend.

Get some shampoo and take my vitamins that day. (I’m kinda dreading it.)

 

[Molly Mojo]

Bathe very sparingly with water if you choose this path and NEVER in winter. I’m talking water baths only in the doldrums of summer in oppressive dry heat. Unless you plan to blow dry.

They will dust bathe themselves and get off most messes eventually. Water bathing is only for real problems or as OP said - a rarity. And in summer.

That’s what I was wondering about the eventually. How long till you should step in?

Maybe just spray over the area they run to during their supervised free time? Maybe spray it down before I let them out and then just Mist over them where the hose reaches for a few minutes?

it’s been hot and they always love running in the rain as long as it’s not a downpour.

Maybe just spend a few minutes trying to see if they even notice?

 

[jme_vol4ever]

We have been blessed with clean chickens, and I have not ever felt they needed a bath. But if they had soiled feathers that didn't resolve on their own, I wouldn't be opposed.

 

[JadeFarms]

This Chicken in particular needed a bath because his tail got covered in poop and so did his bottom. The only one that I have to bathe more often, like every three to four months, is my Cornish x. She gets dirty on her butt really bad for some reason. But I do not bathe her whole body, only what’s necessary.

 

[LizzzyJo]

This Chicken in particular needed a bath because his tail got covered in poop and so did his bottom. The only one that I have to bathe more often, like every three to four months, is my Cornish x. She gets dirty on her butt really bad for some reason. But I do not bathe her whole body, only what’s necessary.

I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone keeping a cornish x for very long. Maybe they just aren't bred for digestive health?

 

[JadeFarms]

I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone keeping a cornish x for very long. Maybe they just aren't bred for digestive health?

Trust me they take a lot of work. My last one was 2 1/2 years old when she died and she was very healthy but she got attacked. The one I have now just turned six months old yesterday!

 

[LizzzyJo]

Trust me they take a lot of work. My last one was 2 1/2 years old when she died and she was very healthy but she got attacked. The one I have now just turned six months old yesterday!

Do you rescue them?

 

[JadeFarms]

Do you rescue them?

No, i’ve just always had a love for them for some reason. So one day I decided to get one and I’ve always loved them ever since. I got them from hatcheries. My first one I got from tractor supply. The one I have now I got from Hoover’s hatchery.