Very dirty feathers

[black_cat]

Are you sure it’s dirt? Or maybe poop matted around her vent? Poop matted around a vent of a chicken is a sign of mites and lice. If it’s just dirt I think she’ll manage to get it off with acess to a dust bath

Nope, it's on her wings and underbelly, not her vent. I'll take a picture later.

 

[aart]

Vaseline on legs will definitely make a mess.

 

[citymeetscountry]

White chickens are inventive about finding new ways to get dirty.

She'll eventually manage to get all the grease off then. Being dirty is probably less traumatic than bathing her.

Yep my white chickens are by far our dirtiest birds of all (at least visibly they look to be!)

You’d be surprised, I had to give a Leghorn a bath (she was a bloody bloody mess from her comb being pecked) and she was easier to bathe than our cats and she loved the blow dryer.