Coffee Club

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[Sally PB]

^^Someone sent me that when I first got chickens. Love it!

 

[sourland]

Good morning - coffee is brewed.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I did that with my girls who were really uncomfortable. Took a big bowl of pleasantly chilly water out and stood them in it up to their 'wing pits' They struggled at first then went 'ahhhhhh' and just stood in the water. I had to lift them out but I figured that getting their bellies cooled off was a good thing.

Everyone spent the heat of the day outside in the shade. We did have a good breeze going but I had no warning that any one of them was in dangerous distress until I found Henni Penni lying in a corner, fighting to stay awake and unable to walk more than two steps before collapsing and going back to sleep.

4 days later she wasn't eating even scrambled eggs but would lie close to the water holder in her pen so she could drink.

When I took her out of the pen and tried to get her to walk she would wobble and fall over after a couple of steps. She couldn't support her own weight and would drift to one side. That was when I put two and two together and got stroke.

Looked up heat stroke and yep, symptoms fit.

I put her down at that point since she wasn't eating. I didn't want her to suffer.

My first loss to heat. She was an older hen. At least 6, maybe 7.

This heat has been brutal on human and animal alike. Almost makes me look forward to fall......almost.....

I'm sorry you lost one of your chickens.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Coffee Clubbers good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 70s.

Have a great day!

 

[Sequel]

Good morning coffee clubbers! It’s supposed to be a little cooler today. I will be so grateful!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good Morning I am up okay so did think to bring more coffee..
We are to be a bit cooler here going to process roma's today
5 cases with my own to.

 

[Sequel]

Good Morning I am up okay so did think to bring more coffee..
We are to be a bit cooler here going to process roma's today
5 cases with my own to.

Have fun with your processing PennyJo! I think I might go out foraging today. I need to leave the place occasionally to keep a balance on things,

 

[pennyJo1960]

We will in about a week. Actually was in town yesterday picked up a med I am on.
Rest of the trip was spending money.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Coffee Clubbers good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 80s.

Have a great day!