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My light sussex is insisting sleeping under the roosting bars at night. I do keep going down at night and putting her up there but she must get back down as she is covered in chicken poop. After 3 days of this she is looking pretty nasty so I was wondering if it would be ok to give her a bath.
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I have never personally bathed a chicken but know that show birds are washed before a big event. Think they have special warm air thingies to dry them though - or maybe they use hairdryers on a low power/heat setting.
I would have thought a sponge down with warm water and a sponge would be safest so you don't get her too wet at this time of year.
Do you have a ramp up to the roost bar? Or maybe put a lower bar out from under the other birds - she could be bottom of the pecking order and being forced off the perch.Happy Gardening,
Shirley
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Try leaving some dry sand or earth on the cage floor ,some birds like a dust bath.Originally posted by serenity View Post
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I do have a litter tray full of chinchilla sand but none of the girls seem to show any interest in it
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I have bathed plenty of budgies for shows and in this cold weather you would need to put the chicken in a cage indoors (in your house) whilst it dried off.Last edited by Lesley Jay; 28-01-2007, 11:20 AM.[Comment
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Not much help here - but if you do bath her, take some photos and post them!
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That would be so funny!!!!!Originally posted by Poledragon View PostNot much help here - but if you do bath her, take some photos and post them!
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Problem is though, if you spruce her up and put her back in't coop, won't the others beat six bells out of her for being prettier than they are???!!Comment
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probably just poop on her again
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Bath my chooks all the time serenity. Butter and garlic well rubbed in and dry at gas mark 7 until the juice runs clear.
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One of my young birds gets pooped on all the time, but it rains so much here she gets a bath every day I don't know if it would be worth giving you girl a bath as she'll just get dirty again the next day. Think Shirl has the right idea putting in another roosting bar.
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