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Q with those with a white chicken...i dont want to give new roo a bath

Discussion in 'Managing Your Flock' started by Mama2B&D&...Chickens, Oct 13, 2011.

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  1. Oct 13, 2011 #1
    Mama2B&D&...Chickens

    Mama2B&D&...Chickens Chillin' With My Peeps

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    BUT he's quite dirty from being in quarentine--he's a coronation sussex...will his white come back after i let him out with the girls to free range and actually roost instead of sleeping in his poo [​IMG] ick..i try and keep the bottom of it clean but its inevitable and he wont "roost" on my makeshift roost i tried to make him in there...i think he knows he's just really big and clumsy lol

    Thanks...im sure he would NOT love a bath, and he's really SO big for me..i cant imagine trying to give him one! Maybe i'd have to do it in our shower so he couldnt run from me. BAHAHA (kidding)
     
  3. Oct 13, 2011 #2
    FireTigeris

    FireTigeris Tyger! Tyger! burning bright

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    If you use water that is bird body temperature (around 100* F or a little more) they don't seem to mind it.
     
  5. Oct 13, 2011 #3
    klmclain1

    klmclain1 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, but I think he will clean and preen himself if left to his own.
     
  7. Oct 13, 2011 #4
    donrae

    donrae Hopelessly Addicted Premium Member

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    Quote:This.

    Plus, if he's really nice to the ladies, maybe the'll help groom him [​IMG]
     
  9. Oct 13, 2011 #5
    <3 N.C Chicken Chick <3

    <3 N.C Chicken Chick <3 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    My chickens got soaked when it rained maby you can let him molt, dust bath, soakde by the rain to get it off
     
  11. Oct 13, 2011 #6
    Mama2B&D&...Chickens

    Mama2B&D&...Chickens Chillin' With My Peeps

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    thks...im just ancy too see his white and pretty and clean...lol...i'll wait till he gets free ranging i guess--the last thing i need is to make the new roo HATE me b/c i gave him a bath to see his white all purdy. [​IMG]
     
  13. Oct 14, 2011 #7
    saladin

    saladin Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Just one more reason to avoid white chickens!

    I've got White Cubalayas and White Asil; when it comes to getting them show ready I wish I had neither.
     
  15. Oct 15, 2011 #8
    JodyJo

    JodyJo Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I have a California white hen, the roos love to "love her"...she get's dirty one day, by the next day, she is clean...they preen themselves every day...
     

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