What is madder than a wet hen?

[Dogfish]

24 wet CX and 2 BBB turkeys.

Big rainstorm over the past two days, and I learned something important. Face the covered end of the tractor to the weather. They were wet and dirty, so one by one, I cleaned them up in the shop sink, spraying them off gently, then soaping them down lightly, and then giving them a very good rinse. They were not pleased. Not pleased at all. They look 100 times better, and the water beads up on their feathers again. I didn't take a picture of them dirty, but here is one after the bath.

and 2 hours later after they had dried.

Happy dry chickens and turkeys

 

[Chicken411]

Cute

 

[petrelline]

Awww, poor wet meaties.

 

[Bossroo]

To asnwer the question of what is madder than a wet hen... the owner of said wet hen !!!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

yep storm got us last night, washing chickens today too . . . where is summer IT"S JUNE!!!

 

[Dogfish]

It is Juneuary in Washington.

 

[mainemomof2]

I had never thought of washing the chickens. Is this something that you do whenever they get/look dirty?

 

[Jeeper1540]

i love that there are a bunch of white chicks, and 2 that are different colors

 

[Farmer_Dan]

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Indeed! What a crazy storm the other day.

 

[Dogfish]

The dark birds are turkeys. I separated out the turkeys and two of the runt CX, and put them in the separation pen.

The reason I washed them is that it got so wet in their tractor that the poo turned to liquid, and they were a light brown. Just trying to keep them alive for another 2 weeks, and they were certainly much happier.