Shampoo for chickens

[perchie.girl]

Oh and @Shadrach Silkies are an ancient breed from China... Their skin and bones are black in ideal specimens. Blue ear lobes and five toes...

I had two and they were a hoot. No I never bathed them They seemed to be fine.... but never showed them either. One was a black roo and one was a Silver with black spekles.... Truffle and Sparkle came to me because they were roos not hens and I had room.

Supposedly they cant fly but Truffle could get up on a three foot saw horse for perching at night.... He had two flight feathers on each wing and made good use of flapping and climbing skills. Sparkle slept in his dog crate at night.

Truffle was a mumbler Talked all the time scratching around the fence and threatening my Large fowl Wellsummer Roos.... Who pretty much ignored him, at three quarters their size.... I had to go through the Wellie Cage to feed the Bachelor cage where the silkies were.

I left the door open too far.... The wellies were out for the most part scratching in the yard Truffle leaped a bucket and attacked the main roo in the Wellie coop. The Wellie stood there amazed.... But on the second blow his hackles came up and it was on.... By the time I got hold of Truffle he had a beak full of Wellie neck feathers. But Wellie was knocking him about. No blood was shed buy the way.

The only way I could stop the fight was to Grab truffle and put his ankles between my fingers.... He still wanted to fight but realized he was caught and hung his wings out like... "Ok Ok I give up.... but growled instead.... ""Let me at him...." Wellie roo straightened his feathers out in a fluff and walked out to be with his girls and his other two roos in the yard.

I layed Truffle in the Shavings in his coop gently because by that time he was quite relaxed. took him a moment to hop up straighten out his fluff and return to his attitude and mumbling at the fence.

After all the stories about Silkies I found they were pretty hearty handled the heat quite well as long as they had shade... and handled the cold as well as long as they had a cuddle box... "dog crate".

deb

 

[Shadrach]

Oh and @Shadrach Silkies are an ancient breed from China... Their skin and bones are black in ideal specimens. Blue ear lobes and five toes...

I had two and they were a hoot. No I never bathed them They seemed to be fine.... but never showed them either. One was a black roo and one was a Silver with black spekles.... Truffle and Sparkle came to me because they were roos not hens and I had room.

Supposedly they cant fly but Truffle could get up on a three foot saw horse for perching at night.... He had two flight feathers on each wing and made good use of flapping and climbing skills. Sparkle slept in his dog crate at night.

Truffle was a mumbler Talked all the time scratching around the fence and threatening my Large fowl Wellsummer Roos.... Who pretty much ignored him, at three quarters their size.... I had to go through the Wellie Cage to feed the Bachelor cage where the silkies were.

I left the door open too far.... The wellies were out for the most part scratching in the yard Truffle leaped a bucket and attacked the main roo in the Wellie coop. The Wellie stood there amazed.... But on the second blow his hackles came up and it was on.... By the time I got hold of Truffle he had a beak full of Wellie neck feathers. But Wellie was knocking him about. No blood was shed buy the way.

The only way I could stop the fight was to Grab truffle and put his ankles between my fingers.... He still wanted to fight but realized he was caught and hung his wings out like... "Ok Ok I give up.... but growled instead.... ""Let me at him...." Wellie roo straightened his feathers out in a fluff and walked out to be with his girls and his other two roos in the yard.


I layed Truffle in the Shavings in his coop gently because by that time he was quite relaxed. took him a moment to hop up straighten out his fluff and return to his attitude and mumbling at the fence.

After all the stories about Silkies I found they were pretty hearty handled the heat quite well as long as they had shade... and handled the cold as well as long as they had a cuddle box... "dog crate".

deb

I've never kept Silkies and I can't see me ever wanting to.
I've read a bit about them which is why I'm slightly dubious about this having to bath them business. However, I don't know so I'll see what I can learn about the breed and the keepers.

 

[perchie.girl]

I've never kept Silkies and I can't see me ever wanting to.
I've read a bit about them which is why I'm slightly dubious about this having to bath them business. However, I don't know so I'll see what I can learn about the breed and the keepers.

I am a soft hearted soul and If I see a bird that is in need I will take it in. Like I said I never bathed them. Kept in My invironment I have very little to no mud.... I keep Rice hulls as flooring in my coop to protect heavy feet from Birds landing off the perches.

BUT Its nice to know HOw to bathe one Just in case there is a need.... Cleaning off a wound or Having one Get watermelon all over its self....

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Oh and here is a fun thread..... Dont look Shad.... Its a very old thread anyway.
PINK Silky

 

[Shadrach]

Oh and here is a fun thread..... Dont look Shad.... Its a very old thread anyway.
PINK Silky

Good grief.

 

[perchie.girl]

Good grief.View attachment 1826735

I thought you might get a chuckle out of it....

here she is a few months later

and Yes there is a pig in the crowd.....

deb

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I thought you might get a chuckle out of it....

here she is a few months later

and Yes there is a pig in the crowd.....

deb

Haha the little pig is thinking 'brother...is that you?'

@Shadrach i wouldn't let the bathing put you off, not all Silkies need to be washed.

It generally is only if they have a wound, get dirty or you are showing them. If you live in a dry place then there's little chance of them getting mucky.

My Silkies are now in a coop. They are not let out to free range when it's wet weather due to them getting too dirty. I usually attend 3 major shows a year so at most my Silkies get 3-4 baths a year.

We don't get super hot weather here either so mine have never had an issue with heat.

 

[Shadrach]

I thought you might get a chuckle out of it....

here she is a few months later

and Yes there is a pig in the crowd.....

deb

That picture is just so wrong I don't know where to start.

 

[Shadrach]

Haha the little pig is thinking 'brother...is that you?'

@Shadrach i wouldn't let the bathing put you off, not all Silkies need to be washed.

It generally is only if they have a wound, get dirty or you are showing them. If you live in a dry place then there's little chance of them getting mucky.

My Silkies are now in a coop. They are not let out to free range when it's wet weather due to them getting too dirty. I usually attend 3 major shows a year so at most my Silkies get 3-4 baths a year.

We don't get super hot weather here either so mine have never had an issue with heat.

My elder sister keeps chickens back in the UK. Last year her two eldest died, one at 16 years old and the other at 12 years old. She had a brain fart and went and got a couple of Silkie pullets from a place she knows. Since getting these pullets she has spent almost £2000 in vet bills. She free ranges her chickens and always has. First one of the Silkies went and ate most of a fibrous and mildly toxic plant she has growing there. Note none of the other hens have ever tried to eat this plant. The Silkie got such a bad case of impacted crop, surgery was required to shift the blockage. Next one of her Silkies decide that a plastic plant pot was a super cool toy and managed to wedge her head through the main drain hole in the bottom of the pot. It got stuck and in its struggle to get free did considerable damage to it's wattles. Back to the vet.
Apparently they have a tendency to go broody. One of hers did and tried to stop the other hens coming into the coop. Eventually the senior hen which is a Swedish variety went in and sorted the Silkie out. Blood and snot everywhere apparently.
Nah, I'll take your word for what wonderful chickens they are. Give me a Land Race breed or game fowl or even a few ploddy French Marans any day.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

My elder sister keeps chickens back in the UK. Last year her two eldest died, one at 16 years old and the other at 12 years old. She had a brain fart and went and got a couple of Silkie pullets from a place she knows. Since getting these pullets she has spent almost £2000 in vet bills. She free ranges her chickens and always has. First one of the Silkies went and ate most of a fibrous and mildly toxic plant she has growing there. Note none of the other hens have ever tried to eat this plant. The Silkie got such a bad case of impacted crop, surgery was required to shift the blockage. Next one of her Silkies decide that a plastic plant pot was a super cool toy and managed to wedge her head through the main drain hole in the bottom of the pot. It got stuck and in its struggle to get free did considerable damage to it's wattles. Back to the vet.
Apparently they have a tendency to go broody. One of hers did and tried to stop the other hens coming into the coop. Eventually the senior hen which is a Swedish variety went in and sorted the Silkie out. Blood and snot everywhere apparently.
Nah, I'll take your word for what wonderful chickens they are. Give me a Land Race breed or game fowl or even a few ploddy French Marans any day.

Oh gosh that's a lot, guess she ended up quite unlucky with the Silkies

They are strange birds and do strange things at times!

I'm lucky that mine haven't went broody but I take eggs out as soon as they are laid and if they go broody, they'll not be allowed in the coop.

The breed of chicken we've had the most issues with is our Brahmas. They are horrendously broody, an absolute pain at times

They're all lovely in their own unique ways!