Show Prep,, Bathing, Feeding, etc (TIPS NEEDED)

[BlackHackle]

I need to find this show chow...

 

[cmom]

I'm sure if you research, some company there make something similar. Mostly it is a higher in protein than layer feed. Before it became available here, I fed my birds Game Bird Breeder which was recommended to me by a good friend who is the president of the Rhode Island Red Club of America.

 

[LilJoe]

I bathed birds today thinking the show was in two days... the show us TOMORROW. .registration paper was wrong. ..

Will their feathers be fine?

 

[I Love Layers]

There feathers might not have the natural oils but other than that they should be fine as long as they are not wet tomorrow

 

[LilJoe]

There feathers might not have the natural oils but other than that they should be fine as long as they are not wet tomorrow

I had the only seramas.. one (of course) got. BB and the other got RB.... my silkie got BB

 

[Miriah132]

Trying to follow this post. If I click the “watch thread” button does that mean follow it?

 

[I Love Layers]

Trying to follow this post. If I click the “watch thread” button does that mean follow it?

Yep

 

[Mosey2003]

@BirdGirl2004

 

[BirdGirl2004]

@BirdGirl2004

Thanks @Mosey2003!

 

[cmom]

I haven't really read all of the posts in this thread but from those I did read, I use silver brightening shampoo in the first tub of water. I show my White Leghorns and my Rhode Island Whites so I bathe them first. In my second tub of water I put approximately a cup of white vinegar to help cut the shampoo. In my third tub of water is just plain water. This is the way I have been doing it for years. After bathing I let a lot of the water drip off before the bird goes into the first rinse and then the same procedure after the first and second rinse. I have some towels folded lengthwise and roll the birds in them like a burrito so I can attend to their legs and feet and their combs and wattles which will be sticking out at each end. Many of the top breeders do spray their birds feathers and many use olive oil on the combs and wattles. Many people transport their birds in show boxes. I made some wire cages for my birds.