Silly swimming chickens...I mean "ducks"....I mean chickens!!

[fifibreen]

Cute photos and interesting. They seem pretty calm and not frightened. They also do not seemed to water logged afterward. They seem to float better then I thought!

 

[Chickenaddict]

Cute!!!! However I would hate to get them used to it or they might get in when no one is around to monitor them. Had a friend loose a silver laced cochin hen in her duck pool last year. She drown even with an exit point in the pool, bricks stacked inside to act as steps for the ducks to get in and out of...

 

[Keltara]

This is truely amazing and if you didn't put up the photos.... I wouldn't have believed.

Exactly why I put the photos up. Seeing is definitely believing!

 

[Keltara]

Cute photos and interesting. They seem pretty calm and not frightened. They also do not seemed to water logged afterward. They seem to float better then I thought!

They were completely calm. When we first tried them out in the pool, they were frightened but after a few times, they seemed to come to understand how it cooled them off and then they began to enjoy it! They didn't get water logged at all. They stayed extremely buoyant each and every time they swam with the kids. It was quite a site!!

 

[Mykee]

My Buff Orpington swims when we bath her to go to the fair! The others don't, though. I wonder what the difference is? I would be careful with the clorine pool because they might drink it or it might damage their feathers or something.

 

[Keltara]

My Buff Orpington swims when we bath her to go to the fair! The others don't, though. I wonder what the difference is? I would be careful with the clorine pool because they might drink it or it might damage their feathers or something.

My girls never had any ill effects from the chlorine. In fact, as I had mentioned in an earlier response (which I would NEVER expect you find), my hens never had mites, ticks or fleas and I wonder if the chlorine baths had anything to do with it. If anything, it kept them exceptionally clean. Their feathers were always beautiful and shiny in the sun.

 

[Keltara]

Cute!!!! However I would hate to get them used to it or they might get in when no one is around to monitor them. Had a friend loose a silver laced cochin hen in her duck pool last year. She drown even with an exit point in the pool, bricks stacked inside to act as steps for the ducks to get in and out of...

Our girls would never enter the pool of their own accord. By nature, they avoid water of this magnitude. That is why so many chickens lose their lives in larger bodies of water like ponds, water troughs, and things like duck pools. They happen to accidentally fall in and they panic. Panic is what does them in, and not knowing how to get out. My hens, if they were to accidentally fly in (which they never fly high enough to do), have experiencing in "getting out", so they'd be fine. Thank you though for your concern.

 

[smw18]

how to chickens fair when it comes to pooping in the pool? I know the goslings just go at it like crazy.

 

[Mykee]

I wouldn't want to be in the same pool as that!

 

[lclough1998]

Our girls would never enter the pool of their own accord. By nature, they avoid water of this magnitude. That is why so many chickens lose their lives in larger bodies of water like ponds, water troughs, and things like duck pools. They happen to accidentally fall in and they panic. Panic is what does them in, and not knowing how to get out. My hens, if they were to accidentally fly in (which they never fly high enough to do), have experiencing in "getting out", so they'd be fine. Thank you though for your concern.

So, I wonder if its just orpingtons that are able to float like that? They seem to have a softer feather then some chickens. I have even read that Orpingtons should not be left out in the rain because their feathers soak up too much water making it hard for them to dry and get warm again. My orpingtons don't mind the rain one bit and have had no issues with them getting sickly. Just the other day my girls were asking me if their chickens could go in with them when the pool gets set up. My girls are going to be so excited when I show them your pictures! Your chickens are sure pretty!