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Never owned a hairy before and now i have one with full feathers! They are caked in mud! Should i wash them evey day when he comes in? he has big clumps of dried mud on them now how do i get them off?
 
I wouldn't. I brush them out (if possible) or remove the clumps of mud. I only wash before competing, which for my super hairy beast is spring these days ;) :D
 
Silly... But got told once to brush through conditioner, or anything oily, such as cooking oil through cleanish feathers and stops the mud sticking... Never tried it mind!
 
hula said:
Silly... But got told once to brush through conditioner, or anything oily, such as cooking oil through cleanish feathers and stops the mud sticking... Never tried it mind!
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In summer I use baby oil to that effect and it does work well enough. There's no amount of baby oil in the world that could keep him clean in winter though :p
 
Pig Oil. You can buy it quite cheap online in 20 litre drums. It's a pure agriculture oil designed for showing pigs, and other animal purposes. Once a week just rub some in his feather, then when he's in the field he will still get coated with mud, but as the mud dries it will just slide off - and volia - clean feather! :D

Honest - this really does work. I've got a very hairy very feathered boy, and this stuff is fantastic. I include sulphur in with my pig oil and my boy has feather mites, but you can just use the pig oil on it's own if he doesn't have mites. I got some great tips on this forum for the care of his feather (and treatment of feather mites), and pig oil was a recurring theme, and know I use it I can see why.

All the best with your new hairy boy :)
 
DON'T brush them as much as possible. Leave them, squirt them off with a hose if need be - but don't brush them dry, you'll break it more. Brush them out whilst they're still covered in shampoo, less breakage, squirt with detangler if needed when nearly dry [though this can flatten the hair and make it less 'poofy'] then they're easy as anything to deal with once dry.

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Pig oil all the way. I put it on about once a week and the mud just brushes off my boys feathers it also keeps then really soft too. Pig oil n sulphur is better but make sure you wear gloves as it can make your hands stink!!
 
Don't wash!! They're natures barrier against mud, if you part the feather and look close to the skin it should be clean and dry deep within the fluff. Just leave them be and brush out whenever they're dry enough to. Simples :)
 
be careful with pigoil, mine took a bad reaction to it. had to go to vets and touch wood he is ok now, also i patched tested mine and he was fine. but when i put it all on he took a major reaction. but mane and tail spray on feathers help , aslo i wouldnt wash everyday. brush out.
 
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