Luvachicken Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Feeling a bit lost without Poppy, and the girls needing a clean out anyway, I decided today was the perfect day to take everything apart and give it all a good clean and a spray with the pink mite kill. It took quite a while but everything had a good wash and then dried in the sun and then got sprayed. By the time I finished it looked as good as new. Mind you someone had sprayed their fence paint over my cube - but that did wash off with a bit of elbow grease. And there was some sort of moss stuff growing on it too, but it's amazing what you can do on a nice sunny day. And finished just in time for an egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Awww...chicken cleaning duties can be quite therapeutic can't they. I took the opportunity to get my chooky chores done today and at lunch time I gave Kat (Orpington) a bath (in a bucket ) as she had dirty knickers and also gave Humbug (Pekin) a foot spa treatment as she had mucky feet Both girls were as good as gold and they dried off really quickly as it was so warm and sunny Kat was so contented she went and laid an egg in the pEi Pod Dotty's turn for a bath tomorrow...that'll be fun...grump that she is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Yeah, cleaning can be good. Is that pEi pod that lovley big cracked egg that I saw someone using as a dust bath ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Yes, it's my giant plastic egg I put Aubiose in it so that it could be used as another nest...none of them used it I then put compost/play sand/diatom mix in it so it could be used as a third dust bath and I've had eggs laid in it twice now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I'm very jealous of that big egg Isn't it good cleaning in the warm spring sun instead of getting frostbite hurriedly scrubbing the bars. I got a warm glow yesterday looking at their lovely cube complete with muddy footprints where they'd done an inspection. The run looked so inviting with scrubbed perches and ladders and topped up bedding I took a drink and book and sat on their bench while they munched the new grass spikes. Didn't take them long to mob me though to see what I was hiding in my pockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Well Dotty was a very good girl and she actually enjoyed her little wash It's lovely to see her with a brilliant white botty again Dolly had a dunk too I've never washed a chicken before but those that had a wash over the weekend have been as good as gold and I really do think they enjoyed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Cheeky Chooky, Dotty looks like a beautiful swan in that picture. Mind you they both look lovely. Haven't had to bath any of my Wyandottes yet but at least they are a bit smaller to sort than my Gingernuts were. I think Father Christmas might have to get one of those eggs for me - send him a letter early I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I think Father Christmas might have to get one of those eggs for me - send him a letter early I think I think you should You deserve it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I think Father Christmas might have to get one of those eggs for me - send him a letter early I think I think you should You deserve it Yeah I think I do too - hubby says how much is one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS6 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 What do you use to wash them with. I had to wash my Light Sussex at the weekend because she had a really disgusting rear. She came out cleaner but I couldn't get her really white again - I think the others must step on her in the house at night, her back is always brown I used a little bit of mild children's shampoo I have in the house from when my grand daughter was little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazzy73 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I used a bit of washing up liquid to wash my girls (light sussex as well) one of my girls is alot whiter than the other one which has a very light browny tinge to her even after a bath,my bluebelles have never needed a bath just the light sussex strange eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 I used to wash one of mine with some of that Excover as I thought it might be a bit more gentle than other stuff. And is smelt nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I used a tiny drop of Johnson's Baby Bath as that was all I had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
