bird bath?

kellym · « **on:** April 24, 2011, 10:40 »

morning everyone. just a quick question today.

its boiling hot here in hereford at the minute and has been for the last few days (makes a change) the next door neighbour has a bird bath, so i was watching the birds cool them selfs down in there and started to wonder if my girls would do the same thing if i put a tray full of water in thier run?

? has anyone ever tried this?

i know i would like a cool down if i had to walk around in this heat with a great big fur coat on haha

Bailz · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2011, 10:50 »

Hi i totally new to keeping hens but i think they would just drink the water. my hens like to dust bath to keep them cool hope this helps cheers bailz

kellym · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2011, 11:01 »

mine are always dust bathing too but i thought that was more to keep them clean didnt realise it cooled them down too

Bailz · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2011, 11:05 »

i may be wrong but i was told it did both but like i say totally novice here.

Lindeggs · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2011, 11:22 »

I have a wide, shallow tray of water in my chickens' run and they drink out of it but never bathe in it. Even in summer when we had temperatures in the low 30s they seemed happy just to mooch around in the shade and drink a lot, but not splash in the water.

Personally I would have loved a little paddling pool when it was hot!

At the moment (cool autumn days) blackbirds and thrushes have been using the girls' drinking bowl as a bath.

AL Hathaway · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2011, 11:28 »

hiya i have loads of hens who were very hot a grumpy a few weeks ago when we got the first nice hot day the tray is 2'x18 inch and deepth is 3 inch it's just a seed tray.

but filled that with water and let them havea go with it most the time they drink from it but we keep it filled then we went in to the run picked up a fav hen well husband did his poland and stood her init and she was like hey what and hubby let go and she marched around it and then sat down in it then popped out and went about her chicken things.

our lavender araucana loves it the most but all the hens jump in and walk around in it some sit some splash around some just stand others just drink.

kellym · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2011, 12:55 »

thanks everyone for the replies

think i may stick a seed tray in there and just see how they react.

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