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post #1 of 11
7/28/12 at 3:25pm
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Can you safely raise chickens in really HOT weather if you have the coop in the shade of trees?

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post #2 of 11
7/28/12 at 3:36pm

Welcome! welcome-byc.gif It's been over 100 degrees here for most of the summer so far and our birds are doing fine. Their run is in the shade and we put a mister in there in the hottest part of the day. Just provide plenty of water for them. This week ours got a new house that they share with the rabbits (half of a converted double car garage). It has an air conditioner in it and we got out in the afternoons and the turkeys are laying under the mister while all of the chickens are in the house with the rabbits. Lol.

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Barred rocks, red sex link, silver wyandotte, white leghorns, mottled cochin banty, silkie, blue swedish and khaki campbell ducks, meat rabbits, white holland turkeys, turtles, cats, and as much garden space as one can cram into a small urban yard half given over to the chickens

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post #3 of 11
7/28/12 at 4:12pm

frow.gif  andwelcome-byc.gif   Its been hot here, heat index  over 111 and 1st of july it was 120. Shade  ice water fans mister .   I have and AC in one of the coops too.

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Member of the Delaware Poultry Club,& SDWD. Heritage Delawares,BBS Barred Rock, Non-hatchery Buff Opr. BBS and Lav. Ameruacanas,Easter Eggers and 2 Heritage RIR girls. NPIP# 56-443

Got to many Roos . Lav. Ameruacana, and Barred type EE they are raised in the same pen. PM me if you need more info.

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post #4 of 11
7/28/12 at 4:26pm

been miserable here for several weeks. The Chickens are housed under a lot of trees and have a mister and they seem to be doing fine. Not laying a lot but then again I have 3 hens with chicks right now too.

 

 

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post #5 of 11
7/28/12 at 6:36pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard.It can be done as others have said. Just give a lot of thought to placement of coop and run. thumbsup.gif

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

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post #6 of 11
7/28/12 at 7:53pm

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post #7 of 11
7/28/12 at 8:41pm
Hia nd welcome-byc.gif

Yes, it's possible. We live in Australia, and the chickens were fine over the big heat wave in 2009, although their water usually did get very hot during the day, even in the shade. You should change their water frequently.
The chickens also enjoy some watermelon when it gets really stuffy. lol.png

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post #8 of 11
7/28/12 at 8:48pm

frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

 

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post #9 of 11
7/28/12 at 11:26pm

Hello and welcome to BYC frow.gif Where I live it goes over 120* frequently in the summer months. Haven't lost a chicken to the heat yet (touch wood). They have shade and lots of water and I also wet their run so they can cool their feet. Watermelon is a great treat and I'm sure your birds would like a fan and or a mister as well. Good luck and enjoy!

 

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post #10 of 11
7/29/12 at 5:42am

Hello from Kansas and welcome-byc.gif!  I agree with the others postings - give them shade and cool fresh water and you should be in good shape.  They can be a pretty resiliant critter!  Best of luck to you!

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I never considered a difference in opinion, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.  - Thomas Jefferson
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.  - Ben Franklin
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.  - Teddy Roosevelt
 

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