chicken washing question.

[Brahmalover4eva]

Im showing my chicken at the fair and need to wash her so shes white and i need laundry bluing but my dad got some thing called white brite
would that be ok?

 

[poltroon]

Be very careful using bluing. A little goes a long way, and you don't have to use it at all if you don't want to.

This is what bluing is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluing_(fabric)

White Brite is:
Contains Sodium Hydrosulfite and Sodium Bisulfite and Optical Whiteners.

IE, not the same.

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+746
Sodium Hydrosulfite appears to be irritating to skin and eyes.

I'd skip it. Just stick with a soap.
Some directions here:
http://www.pathfindersfarm.com/Washing.html