Dirty butt in hot weather

[purpledonna]

Hi

I have a lame chook who manages to still be the boss. lays the most eggs and hogs the food! We are currently experiencing some hot summer weather (40 celsius +) and I have noticed that on these days she gets a dirty bottom - pooh on her feathers - she doesn't move around much on these days as it obviously uses too much energy in the heat. I just give here a quick bath to help clean her up at the end of the day.

Should I be doing anything else and is this normal for hot weather?

Cheers

Donna

PS Maybe she is doing it on purpose to get a "swim" at the end of the day!!!!

 

[SunnyDawn]

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She probably is trying to cool off! My vet suggested I give mine some frozen water bottles when it gets really hot. They love them! Just being close to them cools them down some.

 

[ginasmarans]

She might need to be wormed.

 

[purpledonna]

Thanks for the responses.... already do the frozen bottles and freeze fruit as well, will worm them today!

 

[Stephanie-n-Hayden]

Summer weather in Australia! Wow. I don't know what 40 degreed C is when converted to F, but it must be warm if it's summer. It's freezing here in Kentucky. Getting below 0 F at night, staying around 15'ish during the day. that's cool.

 

[seminolewind]

Mine do that in Florida in the summer. I'm pretty sure they drink more water in the heat, which makes their poo watery, and makes the feathers dirty.

 

[purpledonna]

41 c = 106 f approx...... so yep it is hot! But I love it!

 

[seminolewind]

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OMG! That's too hot. I live in Florida where summer temps are around 92 F. With mega humidity

 

[purpledonna]

Dry as here..... not much moisture in the air!