Bathing chickens

[BayCityBabe]

I need to give my new silkies a "real" bath. To be blunt: they smell like cow poop. I took a damp towel and wiped their feet off and that did not work.
What type of soap should I use? I have dog/flea shampoo, but am afraid that it might contain too strong an insecticide. I also have some organic baby soap.
Any thoughts on this?

 

[Psittizen Shikkin]

a lot of people use baby shampoos so your baby soap should probably work fine.

 

[ronniega1]

i use a little dawn and then some cream rinse they come out clean and fresh and then of course i blow them dry....yesterday they bathed all day in the rain.....lol

 

[moodusnewchick]

i used my own fructis shampoo on my silkies. then i towel dried, a bit of low heat hair dryer and then let them sit under the heat lamp. they looked beautiful and their skin is not dry. of course, last night i saw two roosting over the other three, so I'm sure they're poopy again.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I've heard of people using baby shampoo, and dog flea shampoo. If you use the dog flea shampoo, just make sure to rinse very well.

 

[MagsC]

I would use the baby shampoo before anything else. I just feel its probably safer.
Towel dry, outside when they are completely dry. And it probably goes without saying, prevent them from drafts while drying.
My two cents.

 

[gritsar]

Use dawn dish soap. It's what wild bird rescuers use after oil spills. I know this because when my daughter was little she decided to help mommy by "misting" my cockatiel with a spray bottle of murphy's oil soap . Dawn is what the vet told me to use. Make sure it's the blue Dawn.