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BlackHackle said:
Hey guys, do any of you guys by any chance show or breed white birds? My Sultans are a atrociously dirty. How old do they have to be before I can wash them?

BTW, I hope you all had a great day yesterday and are having a splendid weekend! :)
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I don't, but I can give you a quick tip - if you use a blueing shampoo to wash them in, to really pop the white, make sure it's diluted as per the instructions. Otherwise, you'll end up with pretty blue birds.

One of my first jobs during highschool (a loooong, looong time ago..) was at a grooming shop. A woman did the biggest no-no in the showing world, and brought her standard poodle in to have her bathed and groomed there, rather than doing it herself, before an AKC show. This was not a show-quality grooming shop.

She provided the shampoo - white poodle, bluing shampoo - and insisted that it be used exactly as it was, that it was already diluted. It wasn't. Five hours later, that poor poodle was still being washed, trying to turn it back into a white dog instead of a bright blue dog. I'm sure it would work about the same on birds.
 
Zinjifrah said:
I don't, but I can give you a quick tip - if you use a blueing shampoo to wash them in, to really pop the white, make sure it's diluted as per the instructions. Otherwise, you'll end up with pretty blue birds.

One of my first jobs during highschool (a loooong, looong time ago..) was at a grooming shop. A woman did the biggest no-no in the showing world, and brought her standard poodle in to have her bathed and groomed there, rather than doing it herself, before an AKC show. This was not a show-quality grooming shop.

She provided the shampoo - white poodle, bluing shampoo - and insisted that it be used exactly as it was, that it was already diluted. It wasn't. Five hours later, that poor poodle was still being washed, trying to turn it back into a white dog instead of a bright blue dog. I'm sure it would work about the same on birds.
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Thanks! I have heard of blueing shampoo and that it is advisory to use it on white birds, but never knew you had to dilute it. Thanks for telling me, or I would have probably dyed my whole flock :lau
 
ECSandCCFS said:
I don't breed or show, but I do occasionally wash my birds. I would think that 12+ weeks would be old enough for them not to be chilled, especially in that boiling hot weather you guys are having:D
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Thanks! I was just a little scared because my little Bantam Sultans tend to be decently fragile. I almost lost my top roo because the weather got under 60 F a couple days ago
 

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