Posts by desertmarcy

Quote: Originally Posted by RiddleMe  Sorry for your loss desertmarcy. I have noticed my orloffs don't seem to like the heat either, its been in the 80s and they are already panting (when my mixed layer flock isn't)....

Quote: Originally Posted by aztuffenuff  YEAH about some pictures!! My poults are growing too!! They look like they are growing every day!!! And they are eating like horses!!! Oh and drinking water like all get...

Quote: Originally Posted by maryhysong  are they clogged? I don't know about theirs I don't have misters in my runs   102 this afternoon and while everyone is panting no one looks like they are going...

Does anybody use the superfine mister nozzles from DripWorks?( http://www.dripworks.com/category/misters) I just finished replacing all the nozzle heads and I still am not getting a good mist, and some are just dripping, not misting! ...

Thank you all. It is brutal here right now. They are predicting 109 to 111 degrees all week. That is hot, even for us. I always peg 108 as critical temp. for chickens. I hope I don't lose any more birds. I lost an Ameraucana/Orloff...

RIP   My last and nicest colored male from my original Orloff group succumbed to the heat yesterday. It was so sad to find him dead this morning. I know it was the heat that did him in. I think it got up to 108 here...

My heat stroke hen is looking okay now! I went out there with a cup of vinegar and a toothbrush and cleaned the mister heads. Hopefully that will get them misting well enough that I don't have to remove them from the PVC pipe.

Quote: Originally Posted by GREG BOAM  I have 2 new, three week, old Ameraucanas. I have a flock of 5 full size hens. right now my wife has them under a heat lamp in the house in a rubbermaide. She and I were...

The other hen with heat stroke was in the nest box this morning. Will go out in a bit to check on her. She was sitting on the ground after dark last night, and I put her on the bottom rung of the ladder roost and she was able to hang...

Quote: Originally Posted by HmmmHolly  Oh my gosh I am sorry you lost a chick to the heat.  I hope the other one pulls through.  I think sometimes we have to weigh the risk of losing your birds without...