6 1/2-week-old Light Brahma overheating

[Peggysaurus]

Hey, everyone!

I currently have five chicks, one of them being a Light Brahma. They were all getting too big to be kept in the house, so we moved them outside to our screened-in back porch. Recently, it's been climbing in the 80's temperature-wise, and our light Brahma has been painting with his mouth open and his wings slightly outstretched. I don't know why he is doing this because we have a ceiling fan that easily makes the porch a cool 70 degrees. I'm making sure their water is refilled 24/7, but whatever I do he just keeps panting. I've also noticed that some of his poops are really dry. He keeps drinking normal amounts of water (if not more) when I was observing him. None of the other chicks seem to be having any problems. Is there anything else I can do to help him cool off during the day in the hot weather?

 

[azygous]

One thing is to avoid high carb treats, and the other is to give the chicks a cake pan with ice cubes to play with. They will shove the cubes around and drink the melt water. This is how I deal with hot summer days in my flock.