Need help whitening the feathers of my white silkie show chickens!

[chickenshower8]

I have three white silkie show chickens and need help whitening their feathers. How can I make their feathers more fluffier and what products can I use to get stains out?

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

You will want to stop by the Silkies Showing thread and chat with all those expert Silkie owners about how to care for all those white feathers before the show....https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/690632/silkie-breeding-genetics-showing

Silkies are fun birds to keep. Good luck with the show circuit and welcome to our flock!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! TwoCrows gave you a good link to check out, there are also several threads on grooming Silkies for show https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/99105/bathing-a-silkie-tutorial-pic-heavy and https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/752452/grooming-silkies-for-show

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help.

 

[Eepster]

 

[BantamLover21]

Glad you joined us! The other posters gave you great links/info.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our flock. TwoCrows and Kelsie2290 have given you some good links for getting your White Silkies ready for showing. Please feel free to ask any other questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your Silkies.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

We're glad to have you. I've found that just washing birds often makes them fluffier. Using whitening dog shampoo has also helped my white chickens.

 

[drumstick diva]

"Bathing and grooming silkies for show " is a very thorough piece. I do believe it discusses getting whites brighter etc. It's been a while since I read it. White silkies to be shown are sometimes kept out of direct sun( covered run) and some people feel feeding too much corn can make the feathers yellowy.