Silkies wont take a bath

[LauraSBale]

I have 2 hens and 1 roo, when i got them they were nice and white and the male a nice sliver Blue, I made up a Dust bath for them they othe chicks use it, but they wont, and now they look all ickie and drity.
What can i do.

can i bring them in and give them a water bath, with Baby shampoo or puppy shampoo?

 

[Uppity Peon]

Did you try looking stern and counting to 10?

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Seriously though, people who show chickens routinely bathe them in warm water and mild shampoo.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

Mine love a bath! I usually just bathe at showtime or if they have a case of mites. My pens have builder's sand and shavings, so they have sand to get a dust bath in. My silkies are easier to give a bath to than a puppy!

 

[LauraSBale]

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I tell ya I'm ready to spake their Puffy Butts;

i made them a sand bath, and nothing.

I guess on the next hot day i will bring them in and give them a bubble bath