110˚ and my chickens have become honored guests

[IamRainey]

Another scorcher and it will be about 2 weeks until we'll see temps drop into the balmy mid-80˚s. Still, all my chickens are still with us.

I wonder how all those folks in my climate who got their first chickens in response to Covid are enjoying the experience. Hope they'll get their birds through too!

 

[Sunshine_Chick]

I will take cold over heat any day. That's why I live way up here in Wisconsin.

I couldn't imagine wearing long pants & toe binders AKA socks ... No way, not for me!

 

[IamRainey]

We're a week into this heat and the indications are that it will remain extreme for another 2 weeks. Not sure when we'll ever get back to comfortable temps.

My question now is, is the effect of such high temps situational? Will they recover every night when it goes down to something closer to tolerable? Or is it cumulative? Will they be increasingly compromised in their ability to cope?

I count my blessings at the end of each day that I haven't had any losses. I'm just not sure I and they will continue to be as lucky.

 

[aart]

We're a week into this heat and the indications are that it will remain extreme for another 2 weeks. Not sure when we'll ever get back to comfortable temps.

My question now is, is the effect of such high temps situational? Will they recover every night when it goes down to something closer to tolerable? Or is it cumulative? Will they be increasingly compromised in their ability to cope?

I count my blessings at the end of each day that I haven't had any losses. I'm just not sure I and they will continue to be as lucky.

I'd give the EL/Vits every 4-5 days, as described here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-hot-weather-spiel.75893/

I also give them EL/Vits in extreme 'cold waves'.....and have done a 'cold-reset' a couple times(recommended by @BantyChooks ), bringing bird into slightly warmer temps for a just a couple hours with feed and water. Have seen it work wonders in birds activity/eating/drinking levels. Wonders if that would help in hot weather too?

 

[IamRainey]

I dunno but it's an experiment I'm willing to undertake.

Thanks, as always for great advice!

 

[Jrios58]

I kept asking my niece about this after she moved to Austin.
She said, it's just like winter up north, you go from place to place and don't tarry much outside in the extreme temps. Made sense to me!
She lived there for 10 years, but then moved back up north.
At least you can bundle up in the right clothes and play in the snow.

True, you can always put more clothes on but they frown on how many you can take off! I love Texas tho!

 

[Abriana]

That’s crazy hot. Here in Virginia it was a bit too chilly for shorts this evening, which makes me sad. Summer is my favorite season. We had a very mild winter and an early spring, so I guess the cold is taking its turn to get here early. Which is unfortunate because I have baby chicks who want to start living outside in about a week or so!

 

[aart]

I dunno but it's an experiment I'm willing to undertake.

Thanks, as always for great advice!

Let us know how it works out.
Remember, a place with slightly cooler temp....
....don't want to subject them to extreme temp changes.