5 dead in an hour

[dinahmoe]

wow 108 is horrible.
i like the chicken hotel-they probably do too.glad to hear everyone is doing better.

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

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I would love for it to be cool and they be outside with more room to move around, BUT its good and cool down there, the temp down there is 70!! lol

 

[HLAC]

I'd stop giving them watermelon. I wouldn't want them to be filling up on food that's not very nutrional.

Also, put a thermometer in the coops. You'll know if the tarps are baking the chickens that way.

On last thing, make sure the litter in the coops is clean and dry. Ammonia levels can get dangerously high in a hot, moist coop.

Sorry about your birds. I hope you don't lose any more.

 

[sunflowerenvy]

MomtoSyd&Emma :

Update today, We have a chicken hotel in the basement. lol All are fine! I took photos of the thermometer on our back porch in the shade about an hour ago! It is reading between 106-108 degrees F

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/mommy4syd/heatwave001.jpg

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yes it is very darn hot there i have that heat wave last week too

i notice in the pics of your basement could someone drills some hole in the wood box on the side so the cool air could pass thought the boxes and your gray dog carrier on the wood too
i hope this darn hot heat wave will pass too here it is 95 here too but index is over 100​

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

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yes it is very darn hot there i have that heat wave last week too

i notice in the pics of your basement could someone drills some hole in the wood box on the side so the cool air could pass thought the boxes and your gray dog carrier on the wood too
i hope this darn hot heat wave will pass too here it is 95 here too but index is over 100

The wood box is my brooder, the whole top is mesh hardware cloth, the sides of the crate has holes all in it, that wood is actually a door for a cabinet (the door to the crate is missing, its what we used to let our broody sit on eggs in. I checked the temp in the room down there is 69 and cool as can be, I laughed and said the chickens went from the oven to the freezer! lol

 

[DTRM30]

I've seen a few people on here say they've lost birds to the heat - if all else has been fairly ruled out - I'd say it's the heat. I lost two today - no reason other than the heat. In my area, they aren't used to the high temps of 100+ and when you have a 20-30 degree jump to those temps literally overnight - it's very stressful - they don't have a chance to acclimate like the birds in the southwest.

I hope you don't lose anymore.

I don't think it's poison. Doesn't sound like poison - though anything is possible I suppose.

 

[chickenGRAFFITI]

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Wow. I cannot even imagine losing one of my chickens to poisoning. I would hate to have to kill someone.

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

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Wow. I cannot even imagine losing one of my chickens to poisoning. I would hate to have to kill someone.

I agree with you! I asked my neighbors and friends, and they saw nothing, even the ones that see everything didnt see or hear anyone over here. We have 3 dogs, if they hear the fence rattle the whole neighborhood will hear them barking even from inside the house! I do not think it was poison unless we can call this heat wave a poison to the system.

As my sister said, its killing humans, if it will do that, then poor lil chickens dont stand a chance!

 

[chickenGRAFFITI]

I understand where you are coming from. I am in Vero Beach FL and it gets hot. No matter how much they hate it, I keep my flock in their air conditioned room for most of the day in the summer, only letting them out from 7-10 AM and 6-8 PM. I am paranoid about heat stroke after losing a dog to it (laying in the sun by the pool was her favorite thing but she was also 14). Do you have a garage you could put them in?

MomtoSyd&Emma :

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Wow. I cannot even imagine losing one of my chickens to poisoning. I would hate to have to kill someone.

I agree with you! I asked my neighbors and friends, and they saw nothing, even the ones that see everything didnt see or hear anyone over here. We have 3 dogs, if they hear the fence rattle the whole neighborhood will hear them barking even from inside the house! I do not think it was poison unless we can call this heat wave a poison to the system.

As my sister said, its killing humans, if it will do that, then poor lil chickens dont stand a chance!​

 

[greathorse]

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck odds are its a heat stroke. All the signs and symptoms are there that your birds got too hot. You have done a lot of good things to correct it. Good for you.

I hope your heat wave breaks soon. I think I would put them out at night when you do go back out with them so they can sort of acclimate as the night and day progress. I cannot imagine 106 with your humidity that is just too hot.