Do Chickens Like Baths?

[zrossk]

I have heard some people say that chickens like to have warm baths. Is this true?

 

[CMV]

Yes.

 

[ChickenSahib]

Haha. My uncle gave my grandma's leghorn a warm bath. She was purring!

 

[Stacykins]

My one chicken who I have to bathe and then trim her bum feathers to keep poo from sticking to them (no worms, she just has issues) tolerates the bath. I do it in the kitchen sink, and she doesn't get entirely wet. Instead, I use the sprayer to spray and clean her booty, trim away soiled feathers, then towel dry her off. I can actually turn my back on her and she'll stay put in the sink with the warm water running over her toes. I wouldn't say she likes it though. She does fall asleep snuggled in a towel afterwards, though.

 

[zrossk]

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lol... chickens purr?

 

[Mommy 2 Wee Ones]

Gave my BO a bath last night, was not sure if she was egg bound, felt her, but found nothing. She was very quiet & subdued and sat there in the tub, happy as you please. Then at 20 min, she perked up, looked around, then was ready to get out.

 

[maybejoey]

Some LOVE it

and some HATE it

. All depends on your chicken.

 

[THELMA]

Agree they either love it or hate it. I have one hen who loves it and then enjoys a dry with a hairdryer after she even goes to sleep

 

[Fleabuskitty]

I had to bathe a 10 week old chick today (one of the big chickens decided to roost on top of the chick house and the chick was standing under her at the wrong time

) and she just went completely limp. I was afraid that if I wasn't holding her up she'd drown! My two bantam Cochin hens are like that, too. I think it's something about the warm water... but I had to bathe my frizzle once and she flapped the whole time. But most of the chickens I've bathed have liked it.9

 

[Frostee]

Oh, really? I read in a book somewhere that chickens shouldn't have baths. Gives them some sort of parasite of something. I dunno.