What do you use for swimming?

[Jennyhaschicks]

We don't have a pond. We have two geese though who are using a big plastic feed bowl for now. I thought about getting one of those black (oh what the heck are they called??) things like a pond and you put it into the ground and fill with water. They are used in landscaping a lot. My mind is shot. We did so much around the house today I can't even think.

The only problem with this is that it would get dirty and I am not sure how I would clean it.
So for all of you that don't have a pond what do you use for your geese?

 

[jojo@rolling acres farm]

I use three kiddie pools that I picked up at WalMart for less than $10 each. My geese love them. I dump them each evening after closing the geese in the barn for the night. I re-fill with fresh water for the morning. The minute I open the barn each morning they head for the pools and dive right in. This is my third year of using the pools...they last forever!

 

[redhen]

I use kiddie pools too..

 

[sheep]

Yup, kiddie pools! But we build make-shift ramps for the ducks that use them, too, to protect their legs.

 

[Puddle Foot Farm]

We use kiddie pools, but we're digging a pond and using pond liner (not the things you put in the ground, the black plastic stuff) and rocks to make it "natural" for our ducks.

 

[Kim65]

Heck, my geese will try to swim in a coffee cup full of water

they just aren't very picky.

 

[noahsgeese]

I just use the kiddy pools that you can buy at like Walmart that are really cheap! My geese love those things!

 

[matthewschickens]

Quote:
Hey!! Same here!! Yes, they do LOVE them!!

 

[redhen]

I bought a kiddie pool that was a little more expensive than the $10 ones..
its just a bit bigger and deeper for them and it has little steps in it already too...
the geese reallly like that one...but they use all 3 pools..

 

[blissdragon]

Short sturdy stock tanks from the the feed store are easier to dump than the kiddie pools and can be found in a size that is deeper than the kiddie pools. ~$35-70

I think I like these two:
http://www.mws-d.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productid=500035 (the 40 gallon model)
http://doitbest.com/Livestock+dippi...mm+Prod-model-4243-00-doitbest-sku-741004.dib