poultry washing

To get ready for a show you need to wash your birds, you will need 3 tubs and a 4th tub if you have white birds. Fill your tubs with warm water , in the first tub you need to add a show guality soap,seven (bug killer) and borax.

In the second tub filled with water you need to add vinagar.

Your third tub should be just plain water. If you have white bird you will need your 4th tub filled with water and add a small amount of bluing.

O.K. now that you have you tubs filled you are ready to wash. Now get your first bird and grab him with one hand under his body and the other over his wings.

Now slowly dip him into the water making sure his head is not below water level. You want to wet them down good and always rub with the feathers not against them.

Now making sure that you have washed legs, feet and all other part really well place your hand under him and over his wing and take him to your second tub wich has the vinegar in it.

The vinegar helps to gat the soap out of the feathers. Make sure to rinse the bird really well at this tub.You really do not have to rub just make sure the water reaches the skin.

Now to the 3 tub wich is just plain water, repeat the same thing as in the second tub.

If you have colured birds you are done get a towel and get as much moister off as you can. If you have birds that are fluffy like Cochins and Silkies they need to be dried with a hair drier. Now if you have all white birds they need to be taken to the 4th tub with bluing in it.

Repeat the same method as with rinsing. MAKE SURE NOT TO ADD TO MUCH BLUING AS THIS WILL TURN YOUR BIRDS BLUE, oNLY A FEW DROPS. Towel dry and keep your birds in a draft free room to dry. it takes about 2 days for your birds to dry all of the way. Now you are ready to so and good luck

Chicken Resources

Go to the link below for great poultry breed info. It has the following info on great place to learn about your breed or one you would like to own before you buy; Breed
(with links to other sites with images and more information)

Varieties / Rarity / What’s a hen weigh?

Class and Type

Origins

Egg color & productivity; egg size

Comb / Skin color / Earlobes

Brooding
Hardiness
Maturing

Behavior

go to this link;www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html#p

Poultry Shows Indiana

* Henry County Indiana 4-H Fair July 12-19

* Indiana State Fair August 8-19

* Hoosier Poultry Breeders Association Show

Connersville, IN October 20-21

* Central Indiana Poultry Show

Lebanon ,IN October 20

* Check the Poultry Press for other show dates

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Faverolles

notice the beard and muff, their are no wattles on this breed a very calm breed. Great for kids to show easy to take care of.

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LF Silver Laced Wyandotte

This is our only SLW hen. This breed is known for their rolling bodie, notice the white feather lined with black this is what they call silver laced colouring

LF White Leghorn

This is a good shot of the tail faithers

LF White Leghorn

This is speedy our only LF White Leghorn. Leghorns are a jump breed very nervous if you do not work with them all of the time. This rooster can play dead for quit some time

Faverolles

This is a Faverolle hen, notice the beard and muff. This is a very calm breed most times they get scared because they can’t see you coming from the sides