Young birds taking a swim

We have a 4ft. swimming pool and my Yb's and OB's land in it and take off in the same manner you described. We were sitting at a friends house beside a lake and watched some racers coming home from a long race, land in the lake get a drink and take back off. It was the first time I seen this and realized they will go down on deep water to get a drink during a race.
Ken

I would love to see some pics of them swimming/bathing...how about some pics??

That's great! Hey guys I got a question, so if you want to give the pigeons a bath all you have to do is take out a little tub with water on it and they'll just do their thing?

Kevin said:

That's great! Hey guys I got a question, so if you want to give the pigeons a bath all you have to do is take out a little tub with water on it and they'll just do their thing?

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yup
I use a kitty litter box

Trees Gray said:

I would love to see some pics of them swimming/bathing...how about some pics??

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I agree with Treesa, let's see some pics!

Yes, I will get some pics this weekend.

I will try to this weekend as well.

Check out these pigeons landing in the pool and taking a bath then taking back off. This is the same thing mine do but I cant figure out how to post to UTube.
KEn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvl364Pl1E

RodSD said:

I use kitty box as well I got from Walmart.

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That's what I do.

Nice video. Your birds sure are enjoying your pool. Mine bathe in a galvanized pan I put on the landing board. Our swimming pool is across the other side of the house, but they have never played in it. Maybe I should buy one of those little plastic pools which are about 6' in diameter and 1 1/2' deep, and let them have a community bath.

bbcdon said:

Nice video. Your birds sure are enjoying your pool. Mine bathe in a galvanized pan I put on the landing board. Our swimming pool is across the other side of the house, but they have never played in it. Maybe I should buy one of those little plastic pools which are about 6' in diameter and 1 1/2' deep, and let them have a community bath.

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that would be fun, they are real cheap at kmart or walmart. I use the cat littler pan as well, but I fill mine to the top, some just soak in it...and it is more water for more birds, I use three pans for 26 birds and fill them full, or just about full.

Our pool is veryyyy close to the YB loft. Some times after a long flight, they'll all line up around the pool and stare at the water, trying to figure out how to reach it. Then of course one bird will try to land and push another one into the pool It doesn't take them long to get up once they touch the water.

Has any one noticed how a bath seems to turn their brains off? You know how pigeons are always sort of busy and alert. Ready to defend their perch or nest box. Yet they will lie on their sides in a bath with other birds all around them and just let the world go by............It is so goood for them.

We use two different sorts, one is a shallow plastic planter for seedligs, measures about 30cmx100cm, the other is again shallow but it's what builders use to mix cement in, it measures about 100cmx100cm, be creative and I'm sure that anyone that doesn't already have a bath for their birds could find something. (In case anyone wondering, neither of our baths have been used for their original purpose, both have been purchased specifically for the pidgies)