So this is how to take a bath

McDonald Farm Sanctuary

http://www.themcdonaldrescue.com/main_page.html

Looks like they could use a larger pan, and maybe more of them.

NiteOwl wrote:

Looks like they could use a larger pan, and maybe more of them.

Did you notice the snow around?

Our flocks bathe in the winter too :Yes: Only on warm sunny days though

My flock will bathe with snow all around. It absolutely amazes me.

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NiteOwl wrote:

Looks like they could use a larger pan, and maybe more of them.

The video is great though.

I hope the way I give my pijs their bowl of bath is okey. I fill up the bowl with water up to the top of their wings or about 5" deep. That way their wings would get cleaned-soaked really good and I love seeing the water when their done - it's full of powder!. But I never leave them when they bath. Comments/Advise?

Tech...if it's working for your Pigeons then it's all good.

Hi Charis,

Yes, they love it when they are already in the water. But every time they start to step down, they kind of hesitate - is it because they can see the deepness (???). That is why I have to guide them, offer my hand to them and they would just step to my hand and I will bring them down to the bottom. It's like taking an elevator to go the water. It's always like that. It is so seldom they jump in the water by themselves. Maybe they're used to my hand taking them to the water. Then they soak for a while like human soaking in a tub - freezes for a minute or 2 then shake to the max!

Usually it takes them 10-15 minutes to take a bath hopping in and out of the bowl. I don't mind the 10 minute nannying because I enjoy looking at them.

Tech

Tech...next time they take a bath, take a picture and show us.

Yes, I will. For the meantime, here is an old one. In this picture, the water is just about 3" and it looks like a shallow bowl. That bowl is actually 7" deep. Bank buried his head quickly into the water - scuba diving looking for fish. I'll buy him a pair of goggles for diving.

That's a very cute video. Pretty birds! I never get tired watching them bathe, they enjoy it so much.

Jenaka wrote:

I never get tired watching them bathe, they enjoy it so much.

They look so content, don't they?

Cute pictures, Cindy.

Fancyfeathers wrote:

Here are a couple photos I took of Mikko, Sadie and Sam taking a bath yesterday.
I believe Sadie is squashed in the middle (you can just see her beak). Silly girl. :That\\\'s so f

it is so cute. One is squashed in the middle

Fancyfeathers wrote:

Yippeeee! Looks like party time!

Loved the photos Cindy!

I could sit for hours watching our pijjies bathing.

EgypSwiftLady wrote:

Fancyfeathers wrote:

Yippeeee! * Looks like party time!

** Loved the photos Cindy!

*** I could sit for hours watching our pijjies bathing.

* They were having a good time.

** Thanks Robin.

*** I know, I love it.

beautiful pics