heat exhaustion

  1. Sunshine Flock

    What do you think: Heat exhaustion in California or something else?

    Last week we lost our largest hen. We found her dead in the chicken yard. I assumed it was heat exhaustion because that was the one day I neglected to check on them in the morning. During the extreme heat we've been having here in California, I check on them a couple times a day. I also saturate...
  2. M

    Adjusting chicks to Texas weather

    Hi all, We are raising our first chicks, born 7/22. As we live in Texas, I have thus far been able to just move the brooder outside during the day for them and bring them inside at night with a homemade heat plate/cave type set up. Now, they are getting older and needing less heat just as...
  3. J

    Hot weather treats

    We live in Maryland and have a flock of nine 11-month olds, 17 that are 4-1/2 month olds, and 8 that are 3-1/2 months old. This is our first summer with them so I’m being cautious of the heat waves even though we intentionally purchased heat tolerant breeds. We have feed custom made without...
  4. C

    Heat Exhaustion

    One of my chickens was accidentally left with no water on a hot day for a couple hours. We discovered her and we got her in a wet shaded dirt right away. We have her water through a dropper and put wet cloths on her. We then brought her inside and lined a laundry basket with a moist towel with...
  5. YaYasDottes

    Wyandotte Hens and Summer Heat/Humidity

    I am an expectant Wyandotte mama and have concerns about the hens surviving the heat and humidity here in the Cincinnati area. Summer temps average 85-upper 90s, beginning in May. It is always humid from late spring until fall. Should I move forward with my plan to keep Wyandottes or choose a...
  6. Kenzi Green Design

    Heat Exhaustion or Respiratory Illness?

    It was very hot today and I noticed one of my hens mouth breathing more so than others. I’ve brought her inside and I’m not sure if this is from the heat or a respiratory illness. Please advise? VIEW VIDEO (you may have to download it to view) I’ve provided some electrolytes with water.
  7. michaelbell317

    Summertime heat inside the nesting boxes.

    My nesting boxes are incorporated into the raised coop. The coop has an open window on each side, plus the door the chickens use to get into and out of the coop/nesting boxes is open. The roof of the nesting boxes is hinged for easy egg retrieval and I leave it cracked about three inches. It...
  8. T

    Acclimating chicks to outdoors in south Texas

    Our baby chicks are 4 weeks old today. We went ahead and staged their coop so we could begin bringing them outdoors for a little while each day to get them used to being outside. When we brought them out today from the brooder (high 90’s) they immediately began to show signs of heat distress...
  9. D

    Help! I don't know what's going on with my hen

    Just yesterday we got 18 adult laying hens from somebody we know. Their living conditions were just awful and are expirenceing several deformities (twisted claws, missing feathers, ect) we have a much better setup for them now but I went to the coop to check on them this morning and one hen was...
  10. dorothymcd

    Both Roosters dead from heat stroke in 3 hours?

    I love my chickens and always try to find them the best homes.. yesterday I brought 2 of my young roosters that I love so much but cant keep, to a lady with a farm. I brought them to her house so she can watch them until they go to farm later. She put them in the shade in a cage with food and...
  11. Mrs Buckwheat

    Help with Heat Stroke

    Hello everyone.....we returned from a vacation to find one of our four hens looking like she had some sort of leg problem. After several days of thinking that's what it was, I (think) have determined that she may have had a heat stroke, exhibiting all the classic symptoms of not being able to...
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