Need help with chicken stink.

[Chickassan]

I want to know more about that poison ivy salve if you dont mind sharing. Husband has too weak of a constitution to use mine and he's eat up with either ivy or sumac.My remedy is just ACV with a couple old pennies added until the mix turns green.Still too stinky and burny for my princess hubby though.

 

[kwhites634]

I was handling the chickens to see if any roosters were ready for processing. (Unfortunately, they are still feathers and bones.) The real problem was the stink on my hands. It was dinner time and I couldn't wash it off. I washed three times with different soaps, and even vinegar followed by baking soda. That helped the most but the stink is still there. Tonight was mostly finger food, so getting the smell off of my hands was pretty important. I resorted to holding my breath when my hands were near my nose...
So the question of my ramblings is what works well at getting rid of the chicken smell?

You ain't gonna believe this, but rubbing your soapy hands on the stainless faucet of the kitchen sink might work wonders. I've never had the problem, but my son does that to get fish smell off his hands after he's cleaned a catch.

Worth a shot!

 

[Mrs. K]

Share your salve, hope you enjoy my hand cleaner. My family likes it, it does not dry your hands out, like others. I use it on rough feet too.

 

[NotSoChickenLove]

Normal fresh chicken poop doesn't smell that bad. If it was old poop that smelled that bad, you need to keep your chickens cleaner! They also poop a dark, really stinky, sticky kind of poop every so often. It's normal, and comes from some other place in their digestive system, and it is BAD. If you get that on your hands it's horrid. A lot of hard soap and scrubbing required.

 

[NotSoChickenLove]

But what is meant by 'mother' in the following:
"adding 2-4 Tablespoons/gallon of apple cider vinegar with the 'mother' (such as Bragg) to the water"
(copied from vent gleet remedy)

Thanks in advance.

Vinegar mother is the bacteria or whatever it is that creates the vinegar. It's the slightly murky stuff right at the bottom of the bottle. I'm interpreting the recipe bit that you posted as 'shake the bottle well before taking 2-4 tbsp' etc etc.

 

[FLChickens]

You ain't gonna believe this, but rubbing your soapy hands on the stainless faucet of the kitchen sink might work wonders. I've never had the problem, but my son does that to get fish smell off his hands after he's cleaned a catch.

Worth a shot!

I've seen soap-bar-shaped things made of stainless steel for chefs to use to "wash" their hands to de-stink them. I've never tried one. But apparently, stainless steel IS supposed to remove stink!