Bramble Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Daft question, I know but my chucks were out in the rain yesterday and must have been quite soggy by the time they popped themselves off to bed. Should I have toweled them dry, or am I being stupid, I'm sure they've got at least that wet before and I've never dried them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madchickenlady Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I never have when they've got wet in the garedn, but have blow dried them after a bath. They love getting blow dried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanTheDiver Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Mine seem to love the rain and so often get wet and I have never dried them. They seem to steam themselves dry when they go back into the cube - well this is what I saw Tikka doing the other day when she went to bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trougher Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I never have when they've got wet in the garedn, but have blow dried them after a bath. They love getting blow dried! Very interested - as a relatively new chicken owner, it has never occurred to me to bath the chickens - when and how do you bath a chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMeadfan Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 I think I need to give Joni a bath!! She 's a whitestar but is absolutely filthy at the moment! Dried on mud on her tail feathers, mud on her neck etc. I know the other 2 girls are dark but still think I'd n otice if they had mud etc on them! They don't seem to mind the rain - although if it's really chucking it down they do tend to take shelter under shrubs or in their run! Joni always look s worse in the rain too - she's really quite small so very quickly looks like the proverbial drowned rat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 My silkies got wet in the rain yesterday and I did dry them with some paper towel, but then silkies haven't got such waterproof feathers. They just sat on my lap while I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Mine seem to love getting wet - you'd think they were ducks not chooks! I don't dry them but if they have been wet, I shut them in the WIR for a while before bedtime so they can preen and tidy up and dry off a bit before going into the Cube or Eglu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatalieC Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I don't dry them when they've been out in the rain but I have bathed them before. When they've been out in the rain they are nowhere near as wet as when you bath them. After a bath they are soaked and really need to be dried with the hairdryer - they love it (the children at my daughter's school think its hilarious!). It takes absolutely ages to get them dry even with a hairdryer as their feathers soak up so much water. I've only bathed them occasionally when they really need it (I used to have Laverne who often had a mucky bum!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 If the ex-bats did get wet, we used to hair-dry them. After all, poor things didn't know what rain was! On the odd occasion if they were caught in a downpour in their grass run, they would stand there shivering. Now their grass pen has a perspex cover on, so they don't get wet. The Walk In Run is always dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
