HELP! White chicken had a mud bath the day before the show!

[Ariel301]

I have to take my birds in tomorrow for the county fair. They will be judged on Thursday. One of them is a really gorgeous white Old English Bantam pullet, and it looks like today she decided to roll around in the ducks' mud pit. Argh. I gave her a really thorough bath, but she is still dirty colored, the feathers are stained. Any ideas on getting her sparkly white again quick? I didn't have a good cage to separate my show birds into earlier, they just had to run with the flock until today when I could bathe and cage them up in a borrowed cage. Next year, I am NOT showing any white birds!

 

[Dylan's Silkies]

Hey, go get a horse shampoo called Cowboy Magic. It works really well. I just bathed a bunch of dirty white silkies a few weeks ago with it and most of the stains disappeared.

 

[Ariel301]

Thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of that, I used to have a white/gray horse that would get stained and nasty, and that is what I used.

 

[CrazyAnimalGirl]

Maybe the whitening shampoo for dogs? I just got some to try on my white silkie... but havent gotten around to it!
I think it's Hartz, bought it at TSC for about 4.00

 

[Mrsfoote]

So I have a pure white purebred pitbull...and apparently that = some sensative skin...so I asked the vet he said the basic head and shoulders...and guess what she ends up back to her pearly white everytime without irritating her delicate skin

 

[catwalk]

I know someone, who shows white birds, who uses chalk. It comes in a spray can from the livestock grooming aisle of farm stores. I believe it is commonly used on cattle. Good luck!

 

[DANNY]

You might try bluing.