Poofy Silkies....Question?

[SundownWaterfowl]

When I see silkies they look like fluff balls. How do you get their feathers all fluffed up to they look like little fluff balls.

 

[hinkjc]

They keep themselves fluffy here. We don't do much other than an occasional bath if someone gets too dirty. Otherwise, it's all natural.

Jody

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

How do you bathe a chicken?

 

[morelcabin]

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You don't ever have to, unless you show them, but I am told you fill two tubs...one with water and a squirt of Dawn detergent, and another just water. Then you dip it a few times in the dawn water and a few times in the rinse water. I may be wrong, I've never done it, nor do I want to...they probably wouldn't lay for a week after that trauma! hehee

 

[CarriBrown]

Don't forget to blow dry on the low heat setting!

 

[morelcabin]

Haha I would love to be there to watch someone try and blowdry a chicken! Hahaha Especially for the first time. If anyone ever does that please post a video

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

lol. that would not be fun.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

I have a chicken book somewhere that says to add a very small amount of laundry blueing to the rinse water when you are washing a white chicken. I guess it makes their feathers look whiter. I always wondered what would happen if too much blueing was added... Hee hee.

 

[MissPrissy]

There are photos on here smewhere of people bathing and blow drying their chickens. It is very common with show chicken and also sick/hurt chickens that have to be cleaned up to help prevent infection. I haven't ever wash a whole chicken but I have had to wash at least the back half to inspect for problems and injury.

 

[Kanchii]

I wash them in the kitchen sink, they generally behave well and like the warm water. And the silkies go into a sort of trance when you blowdry them, they love it!