SPA day for Supper

Many are wondering why Supper had a SPA day.  I was really nervous about bringing her home and Miss Lucky potentially getting a disease or mites from Supper. So I thought maybe a nice shampoo and blow dry may ease the worry. I have to admit my husband was not thrilled that I was going to bring a chicken into the house to give her a bath.  For that matter he is never thrilled when I want to bring a chicken into the house for any reason!!  We have a deep utility sink in the laundry room so I assured him everything would be fine.
I have always noticed that during an oil spill they would wash all the wildlife with Dawn dish soap so I assumed it would be a safe place to start. I put her in the sink and soaped her up then sprayed her off.  She did not put up the fight I thought she would.

After being towel dried, out came the blow dryer.

She managed to sit still through most of the drying. I thought the noise would scare her but I think she enjoyed the warmth.  After it was all said and done ....

POOF!! We were done and mite free!!! I like to tell myself she felt better and was not as itchy.

Here is a little FUN chicken fact for today: A chicken naturally keeps mites and lice off of them by dust bathing.  They find a patch of dirt and scratch around to break the dirt up, then they scoot down in the dirt and flap their wings. This dust/dirt gets up into their wings and causes the mites to fall off. This is why it is important if you do not free range your chickens you give them something inside the coop to take a dust bath in.  Also if they have mites on their legs, just take vegetable oil and rub their legs at least once a day. This will suffocate the mites out of the skin over time.