Is this shampoo ok to wash my polish lady with?

[Celeste Cannon]

Are any ingredients harmful?

 

[aart]

I would ask, why do you need to shampoo your bird?
If anything, I would use dawn dish soap.

 

[3KillerBs]

Why do you want to wash your hen?

Wet chickens are unhappy chickens.

 

[Celeste Cannon]

Why do you want to wash your hen?

Wet chickens are unhappy chickens.

shes sick right now and has dried up poop on her butt that I can’t really get off. I know she doesn’t like baths but I don’t want her bein all smelly and gross . She’s too weak to clean that area herself.

 

[3KillerBs]

shes sick right now and has dried up poop on her butt that I can’t really get off. I know she doesn’t like baths but I don’t want her bein all smelly and gross . She’s too weak to clean that area herself.

Maybe you would get the best advice off the Emergencies/Diseases/Injuries and Cures section of the forum.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

 

[LizzzyJo]

I have a chicken that I have to wash sometimes She has chronic poopy butt. I have just always used whatever I have on hand. Dish soap, clarifying shampoo, etc. it’s always been fine. I don’t let her drink the soapy water and I always rinse with clean water. Just her butt, not the rest of her feathers. She’s used to it now.

 

[RevlisRemmah]

If you have to wash her, I would use something like dawn. It would be the most gentle.

 

[aart]

shes sick right now and has dried up poop on her butt that I can’t really get off. I know she doesn’t like baths but I don’t want her bein all smelly and gross . She’s too weak to clean that area herself.

Then giving her a bath could be very stressful.
Trim the poopy feathers off, 1/2" from the skin.
I use a small pair of nose scissors, they have blunt ends for safety.

 

[Painted Calls]

With the Tea Tree oil and mint extract, that's not going to feel too great on a sick chicken butt. I always use Dawn dish detergent. Baby shampoo is also okay.

Make sure to only wet and wash the area that is soiled, and to blow dry on low heat.