#heat

It is currently about 60 degrees and sunny where I am. I brought my almost 5 week old chicks out to play and a few of them were laying like this in the sun. I assumed they were overheated and brought them to a shaded area, but I’m not entirely sure. They’re doing fine now. Thoughts?

Today is suppose to be 98 Fahrenheit (which isn’t that bad, my chickens seem to do fine in 101 degrees) but the difference is today is going to be 50 percent humidity, which makes it feel SO much hotter than it actually is. Usually the humidity is somewhere around 20 percent to 30 percent...

I have a small coop for 2 to 3 chickens and unfortunately one of my birds passed away from the coop being so hot while she was trying to lay. :( I don’t want this happening again but the Texas weather is brutal hitting 105 where I’m at. It doesn’t help that there doesn’t seem to be much air flow...

I've got two chickens in the BC heat wave right now, it's supposed to get between 46C to 48 C in the next couple days, (114 F to 118 F ). I've got three waterers out that are regularly changed throughout the day to keep cool, and one of them is a pan shallow enough to walk through. There's...

Hi, I have been using a heat lamp in my little coop for a little over a year (only in winter) I live in Colorado, the winters aren't horrible here but they can be very long and can get pretty cold with the snow. I really want some outside opinions on the use of a heat lamp. I know they are a...

I live in the north east of the United States and you wouldn’t think it, but it gets REALLY HOT here in the summer. Almost everyday is in the 90’s or the mid 80’s. Last mo two of my khaki Campbell ducks went broody and sat on two fertile eggs. Unfortunately none hatched. This month one of my...