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i have to join in, I am in thomas county (wooooo south GA) and all this talk of rain, we get hammered atleast 4 times a week! >.> no power outages yet though <-----been lucky!

My babies are ready to go out of the brooder, and it's too hot!  They back away from a 75 watt bulb (still have it on, because of the A/C in the house).  These GA chickens will probably be living in the house until they are 4 months old!    pam

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Originally Posted by yokohamamama 

i have to join in, I am in thomas county (wooooo south GA) and all this talk of rain, we get hammered atleast 4 times a week! >.> no power outages yet though <-----been lucky!

Welcome to BYC!!

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Originally Posted by hstlwombat 

My babies are ready to go out of the brooder, and it's too hot!  They back away from a 75 watt bulb (still have it on, because of the A/C in the house).  These GA chickens will probably be living in the house until they are 4 months old!    pam

Do you have a way to gradually introduce them to our heat? Perhaps early morning or evening? It would be stressful to go from AC to our Georgia heat/humidity abruptly, but doing it gradually might work.

Hey,

I have a few bantam Lav orp and Bantam Black orp cockerels free to a good home. 

Please don't eat them, they're too rare to be culled right now.

You can use these to breed with bantam blue / black orps to get more Lav orps...

Super rare breed...

PM if interested.

I have a little hutch that they can hang out it in the morning, and evening.  I'll let them do that, and hope that a surprise thunderstorm doesn't blow them away!  Lighting hit my Mom's tree, and dug up the ground around it.  I'm a worried Mom     Thanks!  Pam
 

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Originally Posted by hstlwombat 

I have a little hutch that they can hang out it in the morning, and evening.  I'll let them do that, and hope that a surprise thunderstorm doesn't blow them away!  Lighting hit my Mom's tree, and dug up the ground around it.  I'm a worried Mom     Thanks!  Pam
 

Each morning or evening, when the weather permits, increase the amount of outside time they get. Also introduce them to 1/4 in of water in a tray for them to walk on, keep cool water outside, and allow them to try moistened feed. All of these things can save their lives when we hit 100+ again. It also wouldn't hurt to give them electrolytes in their water when the temps get in the high 90's. Most feed stores stock it for $4 which will last the heat wave.

I am so glad you are allowing outside time. Fresh air and ventilation is very important.

Dee

Thank you!
 

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Originally Posted by hstlwombat 

My babies are ready to go out of the brooder, and it's too hot!  They back away from a 75 watt bulb (still have it on, because of the A/C in the house).  These GA chickens will probably be living in the house until they are 4 months old!    pam

I have ours in an insulated carport that has my brooder in it.  I also have a 75 watt bulb in there with them that I only have to turn on at night.  I have also started cracking a window higher and higher, then moving on to the next window until have all 4 of them up during the day.  This has worked for my chicks that are in the coop and run now.  They are 4 and a half weeks old and are as spunky as ever.  I'm doing this now with my ducks and 4 more hatches.  So far, this has been the way for me.  I hope you find a solution.  I tried having them in the house (I do keep them in the house when they are fresh out of the bator until they are at least 24 hours old).  I thought I was going to be crazy!  My cat thought I had him a bunch of new fuzzy squeaky toys.  lol

Yeah- I have 2 different age groups in the house, and picking up more today!  3 age groups in the house!  And I'm allergic!  haha.   I put them out for a while; the little runt poofed up to the am coolness, then they were panting by 10.   We are still critter-proofing the run anyway.  Maybe it will be cooler in 3 wks.  7 nine week old silkies in the house . 2 phoenix and 2 Polish @ 3 wks in the house, then 3 Polish, 2 Phoenix, and 5 more silkies, couple of days old in the house. My Mom hates chickens.  She owns my house.  She doesn't even know we have chickens yet! 
 

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Originally Posted by hstlwombat 

Yeah- I have 2 different age groups in the house, and picking up more today!  3 age groups in the house!  And I'm allergic!  haha.   I put them out for a while; the little runt poofed up to the am coolness, then they were panting by 10.   We are still critter-proofing the run anyway.  Maybe it will be cooler in 3 wks.  7 nine week old silkies in the house . 2 phoenix and 2 Polish @ 3 wks in the house, then 3 Polish, 2 Phoenix, and 5 more silkies, couple of days old in the house. My Mom hates chickens.  She owns my house.  She doesn't even know we have chickens yet! 
 

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