Swimming to cool off?

[animallover505]

I am getting my hens tomorrow!! It was 105 degrees today. Can I put a kiddy pool in for them? Will they swim in it?

 

[Sgtfirstwife]

Are they baby chicks? I would worry about drowning. I freeze gallon milk jugs and put them in my coop and rabbit hutch. They really love it. Our temp tomorrow is 108, but it will feel like 118!!!!!

 

[speckledhen]

Chickens cannot actually swim; in fact, they will become waterlogged and drown if the water is high and they can't actually stand in it. You can try to put a couple of inches in it and see if they will.

Mine refuse to stand in a pan of water, but my friend had a rooster who would stand in her duck pool to cool off.

 

[animallover505]

They are full grown. Plymouth rocks and buff orpingtons, So I'll see if they will. I have a fan going in the coop, and am bringing them home hopefully this evening!!