Birds HOT!

[TwoCrows]

Thankfully we are not suffering like you all in this heat wave. Up here at 7,000 feet we are seeing temps in the mid 80's. Although I use corrugated metal roofing over my aviaries and sometimes it will reach 90 degrees at ground level where the quail are. They don't start to pant until it reaches 90. If it goes up to 100 in the aviaries I hose down all the metal roofing, siding and all the birds and their area inside. Instantly brings the temp down 10 degrees.

I wish all you folks in this brutal heat wave the best of wishes and hope all your birds make it thru ok.

 

[DomC]

Been 110+ for 1 month now, with more humity moving in this week. I just make sure my birds have full shade and plenty of cool water. All are doing great. I don't mind the dry heat to much just when we get monsoons. Don't see how you eastern people do it with the humity.

 

[TwoCrows]

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Amen to the dry heat!! We are starting to get our monsoons, although pretty slow to get here this year. Have yours started yet?

 

[gamebirdboy]

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It's hard, its really hot and humid here. By 10 o clock the heat index was already over 100 and God knows what the humidity is. Tennessee isn't near as bad as South Carolina or Florida though. It's still hot though, too hot.

 

[Fat Daddy]

Right now in topeka, its 104 and index of 113, dew point is 70, wind is 3 mph.... Pretty much been this way for a couple weeks. Needless to say it suks.... But I whine when its 0 and snow'n too. Guess I just aint never happy!

Bill

 

[yinepu]

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One reason I love it here in Texas.. I had lived in Delaware for a few years.. 100 degrees with 100% humidity was brutal!.. I was so glad when I came back to Texas

 

[DomC]

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First week of July we had monsoon for a whole week. Some parts around me got 1 1/2" of rain within an hour..

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Yeah been out to Tenn. during that time. I almost moved out there but couldn't do it. Wife was worry about tornodos.

 

[diggerduck]

lovely southern ILL it was a cool 90 something

&(^^#%0&^)*&^)*^& degrees

with a heat index of 106

*#@&#*$%& degrees

.... My girls look like feathered dogs with all the panting.

 

[JJMR794]

A Fridgid 98 In Florida Today With 1000% Humidity... Felt Rather Like The Interview Room In Hedes.... Heck With The Birds- I'm Panting!

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I have Coturnix, 18 all together. Haven't lost anyone to heat but they sure are panting alot. I'm in NC, its been 90-100 most of the summer, been really humid the past few days. Mine pant alot, I offer them cool water every time I go outside, and in the middle of the day when its hottest, I go out and mist them down once or twice like I do my chickens. However mine seem to be enjoying the heat - they started laying like crazy past few days...out of 15 girls I have gotten 10+ eggs each of the past 3 days (some are 6+ months some are just hitting 7-8 weeks) and I was only getting 5-7 eggs last week. I don't get it.