Blow drying chickens...PICS added...

[Msbear]

 

[Wyandotte108]

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Haha! Yea it did! I showed mine in the V county fair, but i didnt know what to blow dry her with. Like the kind i use? Or is there like a Chicken blow dryer

 

[Msbear]

I make chicken blowdryers. They consist of a cardboard paper towel roll and instructions on how to get the max velocity wind pipeage. Only 19.99 + shipping...order now and I'll throw in a second one for free!

 

[Attack Chicken]

LOL

 

[PoultryPedia]

To dry my chickens after baths, I:
1. Put some folded paper towels below the chicken's vent area to catch any poop. Wrap the chicken snugly in a towel with its legs tucked under its body with only its head protruding, so it can't get up and walk around. Place the chicken on the floor with a space heater blowing on it.
2. Bathe the next chicken.
3. Unwrap the first chicken from the first towel and "repackage" it in a fresh, dry towel and put it back in front of the heater.
4. Package the second chicken in the drier end of the first towel.
5. Bathe the third chicken.
6. Repackage the first chicken in a new dry towel, the second chicken in the drier end of the second towel, and the third chicken in either the original end of the first towel or in a new dry towel.
7. Bathe another chicken.
8. Place the first chicken in a wire cage or pet carrier in front of the heater, and shift the other chickens in the sequence of towels. After each chicken gets enough "towel-time", it can be added to the cage for the final dry cycle. It is so cute to have this line of swaddled chickens, and then some loafing in front of the heater in the cage!

9. This generally dries a chicken in under an hour without too much hands-on work. If chickens need a little extra attention in a few spots, I'll use a hand-held hair blowdryer on them. Also, sometimes I put them in a small pen with a heat lamp afterward if they are still a bit damp and I think they might get chilled.
*Note: I learned about this sequential-towel drying method somewhere else on the net but can’t find the reference anywhere now to give credit!

Bath days at our house:

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Speckledhills...is that a buff columbian cochin or a buff brahma? Sometimes it's hard to tell when they are sitting. Whatever...it's beautiful!! And if that's a birchen bantam cochin...I want it!!!

You have some lovely birds!

 

[PoultryPedia]

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Thank you very much!
The last pic is actually of a pair of Bantam Buff Brahmas. The cock's coloring looks different because he's in shadow, plus his dark 'underfeathers' are showing because he's damp.
I was so charmed by the restful repose these 2 showed I had to catch a pic!
BTW--These 2 and another cock are for sale, if anyone close to Utah/Idaho is interested.

 

[SqueakChicken]

Betty white, my buff laced polish got soaked in the rain tonight. She got a blow dry, and an updo ;-)