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We hit 113 today...at first I had high hopes that it wouldn't be so bad, because we had some decent cloud cover. But around 2:00 the sun hit full blast and by 3:30 it was utterly miserable outside. 3 girls decided that would be the best time to lay their eggs :barnie So I put lunchbox freezer packs in the nest box. The worst part was that the new ice jugs from yesterday did not freeze all the way, so I just had misters and cold water to work with. I used all the ice we had to keep their pool cold and we somehow made it through the day. Days like this make me want to move to northern Arizona.
 
SonoranChick said:
We hit 113 today...at first I had high hopes that it wouldn't be so bad, because we had some decent cloud cover. But around 2:00 the sun hit full blast and by 3:30 it was utterly miserable outside. 3 girls decided that would be the best time to lay their eggs :barnie So I put lunchbox freezer packs in the nest box. The worst part was that the new ice jugs from yesterday did not freeze all the way, so I just had misters and cold water to work with. I used all the ice we had to keep their pool cold and we somehow made it through the day. Days like this make me want to move to northern Arizona.
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It hit 115* here today, and I only got 2 eggs. I'll settle for having less eggs for now as long as I don't loose any of the flock to this heat that we are getting.
 
SonoranChick said:
We hit 113 today...at first I had high hopes that it wouldn't be so bad, because we had some decent cloud cover. But around 2:00 the sun hit full blast and by 3:30 it was utterly miserable outside. 3 girls decided that would be the best time to lay their eggs :barnie So I put lunchbox freezer packs in the nest box. The worst part was that the new ice jugs from yesterday did not freeze all the way, so I just had misters and cold water to work with. I used all the ice we had to keep their pool cold and we somehow made it through the day. Days like this make me want to move to northern Arizona.
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I was going to ask you about your weather this morning we had lots of clouds and air but the afternoon hit hard
I also have those thoughts of going somewhere cooler and then I think of summer fire dangers there and I just tick the days off the calendar instead lol

My poor ee's I got 12 eggs today and had to wrap Callie's feet up, I'm still working on China


QUESTION:
Not to spark a debate just curious if anyone in this thread believes China was a hen :) lol
 
meetthebubus said:
@DesertChic what specifically ate you seeing in those chickens before you do that?

I doubt ever want a pig personally would of liked a donkey. ...
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It's more what I hear than what I see. When they advance from just panting to "noisy" panting, they're getting closer to heat stroke. When they start making long, drawn out calls (they almost sound like they're shouting "....Laaaawwwd") then they're actually getting closer to death. In my experience, if they're making that noise when it's still heating up outside, I've got to get them cooled down quickly or they could be dead inside an hour.

Additionally, disorientation is a clear indicator of pending doom. One of my girls couldn't figure out how to get into her pen in spite of living there for nearly three years. Once I cooler her down she was fine again.

I actually have one hen that went to roost tonight while still making more exclamations than I would like, but every time I tried to remove her from the perch to cool her down she became so frantic I was afraid she'd have a stroke or something, so I left her alone. I'm really hoping I don't wake up in the morning to find her dead. She's one of my oldest girls from my very first flock, nearly four years old now, and still gives me large eggs 5-6 days per week.
 
DesertChic said:
It's more what I hear than what I see. When they advance from just panting to "noisy" panting, they're getting closer to heat stroke. When they start making long, drawn out calls (they almost sound like they're shouting "....Laaaawwwd") then they're actually getting closer to death. In my experience, if they're making that noise when it's still heating up outside, I've got to get them cooled down quickly or they could be dead inside an hour.

Additionally, disorientation is a clear indicator of pending doom. One of my girls couldn't figure out how to get into her pen in spite of living there for nearly three years. Once I cooler her down she was fine again.

I actually have one hen that went to roost tonight while still making more exclamations than I would like, but every time I tried to remove her from the perch to cool her down she became so frantic I was afraid she'd have a stroke or something, so I left her alone. I'm really hoping I don't wake up in the morning to find her dead. She's one of my oldest girls from my very first flock, nearly four years old now, and still gives me large eggs 5-6 days per week.
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I have a 3 that cry pant or pant and make noise. They do all day when its hot only, but act normal otherwise. I've dipped them but 5 minutes later they are back to the same cry panting so I figure it's just how they deal

Thanks for the info :)
 

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