Yes, you can bathe chickens, and they tend to quickly settle down, and enjoy it.
To bathe them, you can use small to medium sized totes. I tend to use 3. Clean them out good, add warm water, not too warm, and put them in. Make it shallow enough it doesn't go over their backs, when they sit in it, but is at least half way up the bird. In the first one, add a little dishwashing liquid. (Make it like you were going to wash dishes). I let them soak for about 10 minutes, then with gloves on, gently rub the stuck on pooh off their vent area. Use a rag, or soft toothbrush, and gently clean their legs, feet, and under their toenails. Don't get it in their eyes. That water is going to get dirty, and need to be replaced for each bird. To the second tote, add a tablespoon of vinegar in the water. This will clean off the soap residue, and balance the pH. The third tote is to be plain warm water. The water in the second, and third tote can be replaced as needed.
After you finish washing your chicken, wrap it in a towel. Trim spurs, and toenails if needed. Put a bit of vaseline on the legs, combs, and wattles. Don't put too much, you don't want it greasy. Let them dry, and put them in their coop/run.
To bathe them, you can use small to medium sized totes. I tend to use 3. Clean them out good, add warm water, not too warm, and put them in. Make it shallow enough it doesn't go over their backs, when they sit in it, but is at least half way up the bird. In the first one, add a little dishwashing liquid. (Make it like you were going to wash dishes). I let them soak for about 10 minutes, then with gloves on, gently rub the stuck on pooh off their vent area. Use a rag, or soft toothbrush, and gently clean their legs, feet, and under their toenails. Don't get it in their eyes. That water is going to get dirty, and need to be replaced for each bird. To the second tote, add a tablespoon of vinegar in the water. This will clean off the soap residue, and balance the pH. The third tote is to be plain warm water. The water in the second, and third tote can be replaced as needed.
After you finish washing your chicken, wrap it in a towel. Trim spurs, and toenails if needed. Put a bit of vaseline on the legs, combs, and wattles. Don't put too much, you don't want it greasy. Let them dry, and put them in their coop/run.
