-30 F bath?

I've got a quick question for cold weather pigeon folks. I went to feed and water this morning. I pulled the bath pans from yesterday, and my birds started flapping enthusiastically to get into the pans. I've noticed that when they do this, they want a bath badly.
Well, it is still -30 F and have been told to give them one as long as it is morning. I thought I should get some advice from the old world before I give it a go. I have noticed they stay and soak when the water is Luke warm/ with epsom salts. Any advice? It is 10:00 AM here now

not sure to be honest rom, personally -30 is a bit too cold for my liking............missing a bath when its this cold aint gona harm them,

I would think our friend hal will be the best one to advise on such temperatures.

Thanks. I decided to go pour them a bath before the response. They jumped right in though. Hopefully I didn't screw-up too badly. Tough birds! I'll go check in an hour.....hopefully I wont observe pigeonsicles

no problem for the birds atb

Wow. Didn't seem to bother them at all. The pans have a half inch of ice over them and the birds are carrying on, and having a good time. Pretty amazing. The Icelandic chickens don't act so nonchalant. Gives me a little confidence, as fifty below will be coming soon.

30 or minus 30F? 1st is ok but second? Should not be water at that temp.

-30 F. Did I screw up bad? I just checked a few and they were dry underwing. What do you recommend I keep an eye on? The temp warmed up to -12.

Sorry. Minus 30.

Honestly, I would not bother with winter baths. Mine bathe in the snow in the aviary sometimes.

I can do that, thanks.

Is minus 30F just below 0 C ?

Minus 30 F equals Minus 35 Celsius.

Just thought 10C is 50F don't know how to work backwards

Yes. 10 C is 50 F. 32 F freezing. 0 Celsius freezing.

Just looked up 0C is 32F...

Oops lol

so its cold then...?

That is what surprised me. At minus 30 water freezes in minutes. I put a barrel in he back f the pick up yesterday. 3/4 full of water. Froze most of it overnight. Adds weight. Had to go to the Indian Reservation today. Gas is cheaper there, no tax. Same as cigarettes. Bought 3 cartons. 200 in a carton. $30. May be 15 pounds UK? They have their own factory.

Thats some savings...our Indians are much more expensive...wrong tribe...from wrong continent. Lol

fieldwalker wrote:

Oops lol

Not an issue FW for me. Ever thought of becoming a politician there etc you could just fit in OK I suggest . Rom I couldn't even contemplate -30
-50F type degree tempretures. Best I can say is   Better you than me .
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Fit in where knacker ??

fieldwalker wrote:

Fit in where knacker ??

Become the leader of your nation there FW May be a late start as such but think Big time & become a politician . Help with the Brexit mess .
Now, not watching the cricket there by chance are we .
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Next time it gets to -33.444 degrees CELSIUS, I will post a picture of tossing up a cup of boiling water. At thoose tempatures the boiling water turn to snow instantly. I'll admit that is a bit childish, but I enjoy it.

David wrote:

so its cold then...?  

That is occam's razor! I found a conversion chart on the internet. I took a good look at my pigeons tonight. So far nothing has shown up that I can tell.

What are the coldest temperatures that you have to deal with? I use to rehab birds about 15 years ago in the American southeast. The humidity was always a stress factor down there.

When the weather gets as cold as it does here, the humidity is very low. Noose bleed low actually. We received 8 more inches of snow today, but it sure was a "white christmas".

We are hopeless in the UK 2/3 inches of snow and everything almost grinds to a halt...doesn't often get below about minus 12C