heat wave

Hello! This is a first time occurrence with this particular chicken, so I’m not overtly concerned, but I am curious. My pullets (13 weeks, bantams Serama/cochins) occasionally go bed with empty crops. It varies on who it is, but it just seems odd. They act normal and eat/drink. We’re having...

We have a six week old flock that we've been brooding in our basement. It's a fairly cool basement that get's a bit of air conditioning in the finished parts. Brooding has been fine and they've done just fine with the heat lamp. It's taken me a while to get our coop/run built. But I think the...

We are in the middle of a massively awful heat wave in Texas. Temps are in the hundreds with heat index in the 115-120s. To help my girls, I put out shallow pans of cold water and my main hen, Pepper stands in it a lot during the day. She already has bumblefoot starting on both feet 😢 It’s not...

We have had extreme heat for over a week with the last 4 days being 110 to 118. Our coop has lots of shade and we have water misters and a small wading pool available. We change all the water often to keep it cool.. All of our chickens drink a lot and have been panting heavy all day, every day...

Ok, so I live in South Western Mississippi. Right now the temp is 95° with a heat index of 100°. I haven't have to use a heating lamp during the day with my 2 week olds except at night and at a distance. There is a constant day temp of 90° in my brooder with a fan turned on them. Today is bad...

Hi there- One of my ducks, Cinderella, (Pekin, 21+ weeks) was always very clean, constantly grooming herself. In the last month she seems to have stopped almost entirely. She still eats and is laying (1 egg per day) but has lost some weight. I haven't weighed her but it is visible that she has...

Hi there--we have been dealing with a hot summer in Northern California. We just went through three days of 100 degree temps. Now the weather is forecasting a break over the next two days then 100 degrees for four straight days. I have 6 hens and most of them are not the most heat tolerant...