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Sunscreen isn't toxic to chickens? Didn't she ingest some of it when preening the surrounding area?I found out that cats get most of their vitamin D from their cat food, not from licking their fur, although they get a small amount that way. Chickens get little to no vitamin D from preening.
When body oils are exposed to the sun, a precursor of vitamin D is produced, but it's extremely inefficient in chickens as a source of vitamin D.
As an aside, has anyone ever had a sunburned chicken? I had a hen who was stuck in molt for a year. She had a bare back that I had to spray sunscreen on after I saw her skin turning bright red from exposure. This was a daily exercise until finally feathers regrew.
We have short hair dogs whose fur is very thin around their faces and we use My Dog Nose It sunscreen on their faces during the summer. It's non-toxic for dogs. Never thought of something similar for hens.
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