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Your special needs critters are adorable and lucky! Thank you for your response, and I'm sorry I'm tardy with mine. Life is crazy right now and it took me being down with COVID to actually check my posts.
I have definitely bathed and blow dried a chicken, but not for the lice! Maybe I will organize myself to take care of that one day, but they would all need to be done at once or they would reinfect each other and I don't think I could do it all one day, haha. Thank you so much for the idea though! I currently use a product I purchased from Southland Organics called Desecticide. It's basically soap with essential oils from the smell of it and I mix it with water and spray it on their bodies. It helps knock back bad infestations but can't fully treat because it's on contact only and there are always some hiding.
Unfortunately I did not have a good result with my deformed baby turkey. He is still alive and we're still doing the thing, but at over 2 months old one leg has bent so far back it can't even touch the ground. He's in a split with one up in the air and the other leg used to look usable but it took me so long to figure him out a wheeled cart that his good leg is now growing into an awkward position trying to support him from a belly position all day. It breaks my heart that I couldn't figure out how to help him better using what I had, but I work hard every day keeping him clean and taking him out in his sling for a walk about the yard. Keeping him properly fed is a challenge because some days he gets to food by himself while I'm at work and other days he does not. But I've rigged a way to put him in a sling and hang him from a doorknob and he eats while I'm at home.
If it was indeed a valgus deformation then there was likely never going to be anything I could do about it, but I wish he had had more than 3 days of walking and eating and drinking like a normal turkey. Even so, he is loved and he always shall be, and he doesn't feel sorry for himself so I will just keep taking care of him the best I can.
The bath method is great but I definitely wouldn’t use it for more than a handful of birds. We’ve had pretty good luck with permethrin, it was even easier than the ivermectin because we used the dunk method. Hopefully you find something that works.
Sorry to hear about your turkey baby, although I’m happy to hear they’ll have a home despite their issues just like my cockerel.
I’m still struggling to get all the materials for the jolly jumper together since I’ve been busy but I’ll share it once it’s done. I think it might be a good idea for your bird too if you like it. It’s basically going to be a cube made of PVC pipe with waistband elastics attached from the corners to his harness.
I’m hoping that if my Stevie likes it then we could possibly add wheels to it too so he could scoot around the house, he can hop around no problem in his pen and outside but he can’t really handle smooth floors. He also has been compensating with his good leg and I want to promote a better posture for the little guy especially because his tail is trending sideways lately.
Just a thought but you might even be able to make a sort of wheelchair that more resembles ones they use for dogs since a turkey actually has the body weight to make it work.
Best of luck regardless and I hope you’re feeling better soon too!
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I did indeed get my turkey a wheelchair but I'm about to rip it apart and out it on a bigger frame because he's growing. I now need to get him diapers because the mess he makes flailing around in his droppings everyday is just too much. I just finished bathing him, so I'm looking for how to craft a diaper with what I already have on hand! Tired of spending money, pet bills have been SCARY these last few months. 
