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[dippy bird]

can you bath a chicken? If so, how

[Redwing]

Yes you can. Choose a warm day, fill a basin with water (I use a tub trug but na old washing up bowl would do) some people use eco washing up liquid but I use gentle dog shampoo and a sponge and just scrub them gently! its the rinsing that is super important, make sure all of the soap is removed or they will look greasy and it will do nothing for their wellbeing either!

 

Towel dry them and keep them in for a bit even if its a warm day they can get chilled, once they are just damp they can go outside

 

You can always just do a bottom wash if you have a hen with a mucky bottom

[Couperwife]

ours have been bathed

 

they usually fall asleep in our arms when being bathed

 

we have dried them with a hair dryer too , just make sure that you use the coolest setting and dry through your fingers (so not directly onto the feathers - this way you can tell if its getting too hot for them)

 

good luck

 

cathy

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