Oh I am saddened to hear this, this heat has caused so many problems for so many it's just so sad. Sounds like she had quite the extended family going on there, 6 is a goodly age for a hen.Good Morning Fluffy butts and all.
My oldest hen, Plum, has unfortunately died because of 117 degree weather yesterday.
She lived for over six years.
Here is a pic of her before she died.
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She was the top hen on the pecking order, But she was sweet and nice. She one hatched out 2 little hens, Tweet and Chirp, but they died. She stayed close to the flock with her two sisters, Stripe and Onaga, but Stripe died because of a hawk. Onaga is the only full barred rock we have left. Plum's other hatchlings, which were given away (except Onyx, which is still here), are Bandit, Crook, Cookie Dough, Z and Onyx. Bandit and Crook were some mischievous twins. They were Plum's indirect sons from Ijak the dominique and Cluckie the Light Brahma. They were silver and black barred with feathered feet and whitish tail feathers. Cookie Dough was Plum's other indirect son from Ijak and Buffy, a buff orp. He had black and white barring with orange and white barring on his hackles and gold on his wings. Z was Plum's real son from Ijak, and he looked just like his father, with the rose comb and the silver and white barring. Onyx, was Plum's real daughter from Ijak and Plum herself. She has the normal black and white barring and nice, robust, well rounded tail feathers. They all have rose combs.
This is some of the history of Plum. The sweet little hen who had a nice flock and family.
Honoring PLUM
2017-2023
Is there anyway you can put a large box fan in their coop for them? that is what I do now, my barn is cool, but the Hen House portion of the barn gets very hot in the late afternoon/evening, I have 2 fans going in there.
