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8/13/12 at 10:16pm
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well, i thought my CL was turning the corner, she took some independent drinks and ate some yogurt I gave her. I took the kids to the lake and when we came home she was dead.  big huge bummer!  I had been prepared for it all day yesterday and even this morning but when she started to drink I assumed we were over the hard part and she would gradually turn around.  no such luck.  everyone else seemed fine in the intolerable heat but egg production has definitely slowed even with my super consistent layers.  can it be friday yet? it's supposed to cool down. tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter.  yikes!


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I am so sorry!

 

The heat probably shut down the kidneys. They really have very sensitive organs.

 

Ron

yep, supposed to be hotter tomorrow.  not much more I can do besides the things i'm doing. no real signs of stress in anyone else today so that is good

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post #4482 of 24018
8/13/12 at 10:17pm
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well, i thought my CL was turning the corner, she took some independent drinks and ate some yogurt I gave her. I took the kids to the lake and when we came home she was dead.  big huge bummer!  I had been prepared for it all day yesterday and even this morning but when she started to drink I assumed we were over the hard part and she would gradually turn around.  no such luck.  everyone else seemed fine in the intolerable heat but egg production has definitely slowed even with my super consistent layers.  can it be friday yet? it's supposed to cool down. tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter.  yikes!


Well shoot...you did your best. Hopefully it cools off before any more chickens are lost.

Thanks, for a few minutes I was kicking myself for going to the lake with the kids but then I remembered their faces and how much fun they had and then i remembered...family first.  it was the right thing to do. it was just her time and probably would have died if we were here which would have been even worse.

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post #4483 of 24018
8/14/12 at 6:14am
Well I lost one too. Yesterday I found a RIR hen DOA when I go to collect eggs. I was pretty angry. This heat is not even fair! sad.png
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post #4484 of 24018
8/14/12 at 6:32am
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Not to be all economical and heartless, but she was just about ready to earn her keep. :-)  I need some chickens around here to earn her keep.

 

I will admit, Susie, soaking wet from her dip in the bucket, lying on the sheet in the bathtub, I'm pushing the back of her head to dip her beak in the water...............out slides an egg.  I know it was just "there" and needed to be expelled, but I told her she was a good girl.

 

Deb

The difference between breakfast and chicks, is the temperature you use to "cook" the eggs!

 

What breeds do I have?  More than any sane person would own.

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The difference between breakfast and chicks, is the temperature you use to "cook" the eggs!

 

What breeds do I have?  More than any sane person would own.

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post #4485 of 24018
8/14/12 at 7:01am
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Not to be all economical and heartless, but she was just about ready to earn her keep. :-)  I need some chickens around here to earn her keep.

 

I will admit, Susie, soaking wet from her dip in the bucket, lying on the sheet in the bathtub, I'm pushing the back of her head to dip her beak in the water...............out slides an egg.  I know it was just "there" and needed to be expelled, but I told her she was a good girl.

 

Deb


Did you put the egg in an incubator?

 

I am waiting for the report from the lab, but probably heat related.

 

Ron

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Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

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post #4486 of 24018
8/14/12 at 7:23am
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Well I lost one too. Yesterday I found a RIR hen DOA when I go to collect eggs. I was pretty angry. This heat is not even fair! sad.png

I am sorry to hear about the dead Hen!
 

rant.gifThe heat is terrible!

 

Hopefully you will have some replacements hatching soon?

 

Ron

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Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

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Is this a Hobby or a way of Life? Chickens: Australorp, Barred & Partridge Rock, Hatchery & Heritage RIR, Golden Comet, Marans, Easter Egger,  Silver Gray Dorking, Basque Hen, Partridge Penedesenca, Olive Egger and UofA Blues

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post #4487 of 24018
8/14/12 at 7:33am
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I will admit, Susie, soaking wet from her dip in the bucket, lying on the sheet in the bathtub, I'm pushing the back of her head to dip her beak in the water...............out slides an egg.  I know it was just "there" and needed to be expelled, but I told her she was a good girl.

 

Deb


Did you put the egg in an incubator?

 

Ron

 

Naw, Susie is a feedstore Sussex, living in my egg flock.  The only boys in there are a couple of young Isbar cockerels that needed a place to stay.  I don't believe they are even breeding yet and I'm not much for producing crosses anyway.  The egg went into the fridge.

 

My incubators are so continuely full...............yikes it's frightening!

 

Deb

The difference between breakfast and chicks, is the temperature you use to "cook" the eggs!

 

What breeds do I have?  More than any sane person would own.

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The difference between breakfast and chicks, is the temperature you use to "cook" the eggs!

 

What breeds do I have?  More than any sane person would own.

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post #4488 of 24018
8/14/12 at 8:05am

so sorry to read about the heat troubles -- one of my girls seems slightly less active than usual, but still alert and eating/drinking, so i'm just keeping an eye on her.

 

and i should be getting my first baby chicks in the mail either today or tomorrow -- may not even need a heat lamp for them, with these temps!  very very excited.

-- laura, plus frances & bella (silver penciled rocks), dixie & ethel (cuckoo marans), daisy (australorp), jane (light sussex), eleanor & maggie (EO basque), lucy two & speedy (cream legbars), amelia one and two (CL x pene crosses), AND max the swedish flower hen rooster! plus a bunch of newly-hatched babies...

and cats sophie, henry, and pearl, of course!

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-- laura, plus frances & bella (silver penciled rocks), dixie & ethel (cuckoo marans), daisy (australorp), jane (light sussex), eleanor & maggie (EO basque), lucy two & speedy (cream legbars), amelia one and two (CL x pene crosses), AND max the swedish flower hen rooster! plus a bunch of newly-hatched babies...

and cats sophie, henry, and pearl, of course!

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post #4489 of 24018
8/14/12 at 8:10am
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well, i thought my CL was turning the corner, she took some independent drinks and ate some yogurt I gave her. I took the kids to the lake and when we came home she was dead.  big huge bummer!  I had been prepared for it all day yesterday and even this morning but when she started to drink I assumed we were over the hard part and she would gradually turn around.  no such luck.  everyone else seemed fine in the intolerable heat but egg production has definitely slowed even with my super consistent layers.  can it be friday yet? it's supposed to cool down. tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter.  yikes!


Well shoot...you did your best. Hopefully it cools off before any more chickens are lost.

Thanks, for a few minutes I was kicking myself for going to the lake with the kids but then I remembered their faces and how much fun they had and then i remembered...family first.  it was the right thing to do. it was just her time and probably would have died if we were here which would have been even worse.

Spending time with your family is never the wrong choice. You did what you could for her and watching her die wouldn't have changed the outcome. However, taking the kids to lake is memories they'll keep forever.

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Pam ~ (Formally BigDaddysMom) Married 33 yrs, 2 kids, 5 grandkids! Breeding: Polish; WC Black, White, Splash, Black, Silver & Gold Laced & EE's. Black and Blue Copper Marans & Olive Eggers. Layers: EE, RIR, Sexlink, Australorp, Marans! http://www.facebook.com/HighNDryFarm

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post #4490 of 24018
8/14/12 at 8:12am

So sorry for everyone suffering in the heat. Poor chickens. sad.png  I'm unhappy with mid-nineties, and can imagine how hard it must be 10-15 degrees hotter.th.gif

 

Hope it cools off soon.

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