Mane N Tail for washing chickens?

[silver1polish]

Ok so there is this thing called "Mane N Tail" me and a friend washed her dog with it and worked!
But should I use it on my chickens?
P.S
It says that it is ok for animals.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Your chickens have an oil gland on their backs near the tail. They coat their feathers with this oil using their beaks. Washing chickens should only be done for a specific reason- like they are going to be shown, or you are spraying them for mites/lice. Or pasty butt on a baby chick. Sometimes I will get the hose and wash off the rear end of a hen who has some poo stuck to her bottom.

Washing the oil off their feathers is not a good thing- they take dirt baths naturally and thus the best thing you can do is to get them a dust bathing area- somewhere where the dirt is protected from rain. You can put woodstove ashes, DE, sand/dirt in there. Or just dirt. They will love it!

Now if you are going to show your chickens and need to clean them up, I don't know what to advise on the shampoo.

I hope this helps!