Comments for How to Wash and Dry Your Chicken

Page, 9 March 2018

I needed to wash my girl after she prolapsed and her back end was very messy - she had a warm bath, I removed the broken shell that was also partly inside her (gloves on!) then gave her a clean rinse in the sink. She seemed fine in the warm water - then dried off with a towel and kitchen roll and into a basket near the fire (not too warm) to dry out. As it was cold outside I kept her in all night and returned her early to the coup to join her friends for breakfast - she was fine and went off to sleep as we watched tv.

Christina, 20 February 2018

Thank you so much. There are also other reasons why you should wash your chickens. In my case, my chicken coop was on fire just a few hours ago, and their feathers smell like smoke. Thank you!

Samantha, 12 January 2018

omg thank you so much it was such a big help cause of my 4-h show in corvalis:):3

Omara, 24 December 2016

Just wanted to say thank you for such a caring article about chickens. We love ours and though we don't wash her, like you say bathing really should just be for showing reasons, we do try and clean the odd dirty bits with cotton balls and warm water, but think we might go for diluted baby shampoo now! Would ideally like to find something completely natural but I guess sometimes you need a bit of something to get through any cakey mud bits! Thanks again for great article!

Candice, 12 July 2016

Very helpful :D

Bantamlover, 11 April 2013

what a good idea. well explained :)

Joyed, 21 June 2012

Usually chickens are only washed if being shown at poultry shows.The basic procedure is similar to washing someone\'s hair in a sink. you have made some interesting points in this article you really know alot on this topic. Thanks for posting it.