Extreme heat issues

[Sinadrea]

She was a unique bird, I got her as a hatchery choice bird and she had 5 toes on each foot but was as big as a bielefelder. Also, one of my first chickens. I wish it wasn't her, but am now learning the hard way.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Yup, I do that aswell how long can i keep them in there for?

I am just going to place it out in the run for them to stand in (and drink from) when they want.

 

[Themellowyellows]

She was a unique bird, I got her as a hatchery choice bird and she had 5 toes on each foot but was as big as a bielefelder. Also, one of my first chickens. I wish it wasn't her, but am now learning the hard way.

Aw its okay

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hey all.

Down here in North Jersy, the temps are getting up to 100 degrees F soon. Im struggling keeping there water cool at 85 degrees. Any tips on how to keep it cool? I put ice and frozen ice bottles in it while keeping it in the shade, but that does not seem to help. On top of that, how do I make sure my hens will be okay at 101 degrees F. If I keep them inside for a bit, wont that heat shock them? Where there coop and run is located its straight in the heat, some trees surround it but that doesn't do much.

Thanks guys!

Do you have photos of your coop/run?

If both are located in full sun, then you'll want to provide shade. You can do this by putting shade cloth over your run. A tarp may help too if that's what you have.

If possible, do your birds roam a bit so they can get under the trees for some shade?

Just change out water throughout the day, I don't add ice or frozen bottles to my water, just give them cool well water periodically.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/using-a-tarp-to-lower-ground-temperature.1629897/

 

[Themellowyellows]

Do you have photos of your coop/run?

If both are located in full sun, then you'll want to provide shade. You can do this by putting shade cloth over your run. A tarp may help too if that's what you have.

If possible, do your birds roam a bit so they can get under the trees for some shade?

Just change out water throughout the day, I don't add ice or frozen bottles to my water, just give them cool well water periodically.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/using-a-tarp-to-lower-ground-temperature.1629897/

Ill get pics when it stops storming here. Yes my birds roam, they have like 1/4 of my property to themselves. There are trees that provide really good shade but they dont spend much time there. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Anon112]

I have two different chicken runs, one of which is not as shaded. Yesterday I put a tarp over as much of it as I could cover (the ceiling is wire, so provides no shade). It was pretty amazing how much better the run felt the moment the tarp was in place. The run gets some natural shade from nearby trees, but fully blocking the sun had a huge, immediate effect.

I also tried the frozen bottles in their water trick this morning and I was amazed at how nice and cold the water was when I came home from work today at 1:30pm.

I think I'll try to set up a foot bath for them this afternoon.

 

[Al Gerhart]

When I was an older teen, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, we came home from work in the field to find over 150 dead animals with the majority of them chickens or turkeys. Heat can be brutal.

Consider creating air movement by adding a method to get the hot air to rise and pull in relatively cooler air from the bottom of the coop. A blue tarp pitched over the coop, just not an inverted V that would trap the hot air and stop the chimney effect. Or at least an 80% shade cloth to shield the roof of the coop.

 

[StinkyAcres]

back when dinosaurs roamed the earth,

And they say it was cooler back then..

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

It's incredibly hot here 100 degrees or over for multiple days and not cooling down at night like it should. Here's what I'm doing, I spray down their favorite resting spots with a water hose in the morning, shade cloths on the run and an extension cord with a box fan running. It's really windy here, but my shade cloth impedes some of that breeze. Of course, cold water throughout the day in the waterer. I have a secondary run that is under the overhang of my house by my foundation. It runs the length of my house and has a flower bed in front of it with bushes so is always in shade, my older gals who can't tolerate the heat as well go there and the pullets will too, if they look overheated at all.

 

[KyCoop]

I have curtains on the west side of my (roofed) run and I have a barn fan on a lawn chair blowing through the coop.

Water water water. I have 9 hens, 1 rooster , 2 dittles and 7 gallons of water throughout the run and yard.