I've been going to the Iowa State Fair for many, many years, but this is the first year I've seen the Chicken Washing & Blow-Drying demonstration. We watched several chickens being washed, then we got the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to blow-dry one of the chickens!
Surprisingly, chickens don't mind being washed and dried. In fact, I'd say it's MUCH easier to wash a chicken than a cat. But in reality, the only time you'd wash a chicken is if you were planning to show it in a contest. If you were a chicken farmer, you'd never pluck your chickens out of the hen house to give them a bath.
If you missed the Chicken Washing & Blow-Drying demonstration, don't despair! I took some careful notes.
Surprisingly, chickens don't mind being washed and dried. In fact, I'd say it's MUCH easier to wash a chicken than a cat. But in reality, the only time you'd wash a chicken is if you were planning to show it in a contest. If you were a chicken farmer, you'd never pluck your chickens out of the hen house to give them a bath.
If you missed the Chicken Washing & Blow-Drying demonstration, don't despair! I took some careful notes.
First, dunk your chicken into a tub of warm water. Lather with Special Chicken Shampoo and then rinse the chicken in a second tub of clean water.
Immediately wrap your chicken in a towel. GENTLY squeeze the excess water from the feathers -- "gently" being the operative word here. You do not want to create chicken nuggets!
Then, with your hair dryer on the low/cool setting, begin to blow-dry your chicken. We were instructed to hold the dryer at an angle for maximum fluffage. That's Daughter pictured above, BTW. After her arm got tired, I took a turn blow-drying the chicken. (Okay, that's not quite true...I insisted on taking a turn!)
And this is the beautifully coiffed chicken -- all clean and fresh!
Now, what is it they say? "Winner, winner, chicken dinner!"
Sorry -- I couldn't resist! (NO OFFENSE, MRS. CHICKEN!)
Chicken nuggets, LOL. I haven't been to a fair in a looooonnnng time, seems like things have changed quite a bit! Sheep in spandex, chickens being blow dried!!! What next???
ReplyDeleteToo funny:) I like a nice clean chicken myself, lol
ReplyDeleteChicken shampoo! Well, I'll be dipped! And a blow dry! I don't even blow dry my OWN hair!
ReplyDeleteFor the first time in my entire life I got to say to The-Guy-Who-Knows-A-Song-About-A-Chicken, "Look! Here's a picture of someone shampooing a chicken. And giving it a blow dry!" And let me tell you, no matter that he was the only guy on all of J-Date who actually emailed me with the name of a song about a chicken, he never has seen that before either. :-) :-) :-)
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