How do you clean a silkies head?

[mandamay28]

I just brought a silkie home. She's sick so I'm treating her with Tylan. Her head is a mess. How do you clean it?

 

[azygous]

I guess you could lather up her head with some baby shampoo and stick her head under the kitchen faucet. But not now. She's stressed enough fighting her illness. Let her recover before you try to fix her appearance.

You can also just run a warm, damp washcloth over her head and get the worst of the grime and wait until next time she molts and the soiled feathers will be replaced by clean new ones.