Does anyone know how to was silkies for a show
Thanks, Sammy
its time for a bath
I think its just like any breed but they need to be washed days ahead(same with cochins)
They need time to poof and fluff back out
look in the Animal Planet Poultry Show thread. crested chik gives a formula and steps of bathing. i did no tge tto bathe mine, but they had kept themselves well groomed and were naturally as shiny as the rest, so we did well.
good luck!
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I bathed two of my new silkies last night, becuase it looked like they had lice. Wow, it was so much easier than I thought it would be. They LOVED being blow dried on low setting! Who knew?
does anyone have any instructions
Well, I was looking to get rid of lice that my new gals came with. So I filled up my sink with warm water and shampoo, till about chest high. Then I plopped them in. THey actually seemed to like it! I used the sprayer on my kitchen sink to spreay down thier backs, and sudsed them up with the shampoo. THen I drained the sink and used the sprayer to rinse them off. I made sure not to get any in thier faces, and to make sure that the water was warm but not too hot.
THen I wrapped they up in a dry towel for about five minutes ( like swaddling a baby !) Then I removed the towel and rewrapped it using the dry part. When I was done in the kitchen, I removed the towel and blow dryed each one. The important thing about the blow drying is not to make it too hot. I used a low setting, and with a little time, it worked really well. Then I kept them overnight in the house because they were still a little damp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgcf2AEtHbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqU2YNVZHyY