How to bathe a chicken?

[artsyrobin]

I found that any of them that are standoffish, that they mellow out alot after a bath- not sure if its the one on one or what- i have even considered giving my ornery roo a bath just to mellow him out- we have an ongoing 'situation', he needs a better attitude..

it all started for me with my silky mopsy- she got a lice infestation, and i gave her a bath, she tends to get filthy cuz she has a bad leg- anyway as i was drying her sitting in the sun, these 'things' started walking up my arms, as i looked closer they were all over her- so hubby grabbed some kitchen oil, we doused her to kill them, then proceeded to bathe her 5 more times that day with dawn- but it got rid of the lice and mopsy has been addicted to baths ever since...LOL! She will melt into the water- so do 2 of my older hens- a red star and a cochin who tend to get dirty bums- also my other banty girl Nimi seems to enjoy them too... course i have the advantage of a 'smaller' flock too

 

[Country Heart]

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I bet your silky looks quite different soaking wet. Next bath session I vote you include a camera and share your before, during and after photos.

 

[dacdeihl]

I understand the watching kids bathing a chicken would be funny to watch, but this is a medical problem and just doing the best job you can do will work better than doing nothing. Make sure to use the cool setting if you use a blow dryer.

 

[artsyrobin]

I agree, with mopsy it became a massage session on her leg tha that been injured before i got her. The bath helped relax and sooth her. Because of her lack of balance, she got dirty pretty fast, even as a house chicken, so a soaking would help, and the cuddling i think gave her nurturing she needed-

so how is your roo doing?

 

[eastbaychicks]

So I am a really mean mom.

I gave my birdies a bath and a blow-dry. They were all outside on a very cold wet and windy day, and soaked to the bone. I couldn't let them sleep on a cold night all wet. Once they realized they were in warm water the looks on their faces was priceless. Like, wait I don't like this, but I do. They loved being warm... and a few hated the dryer at first, but I started on low and worked up to high. It was perfect.