Hello all. I'm Craig in N.J.<Insert joke here>.I am new to raising 2 golden laced wyandotte's 2 bared plymouth's 2 americana and one new hampshire red(he's the only rooster of the bunch).I've been raising them in my basement for two months now and I have occassionaly been letting outside(in a large dog pen for a couple hours at a time until I finish buildin their pen and run(that will be preditor proof and all that).Ok,(get to the point,right?)Anyways,we have been having a heat wave here in N.J lately and I unfortunately fell asleep and they were left out in 100deg heat for about seven hours! When I finally remembered they were still out there, they were mouth breatheing (although they had water it was probably boiling!) I quickly brought them in and put icecubes in their waterer and raised their heat lamp.Are they going to be ok? I've been checking on them every hour or so and they seem to be settleing in ok.but I'm VERY worried that I'm going to wake up to some dead chickens. Do you guys/gals think they will be ok? Is there anything else I should do? Thank you
I hope I responded the right way,and you all received my thanks. (is it considered bad etiquette to "pm" a response or should I have e-mailed?) I have a million questions but I promise ill try and read the rules and stuff later..(I said 'try',so don't hold me to it! lol anyways,you all are great,and thank you much! Muah!>>Craig
