Heartbroken

[PouleChick]

I'm so sorry for your loss .
everyone has given me lots of good ideas. So far mine are coping but we have only been getting highs of mind 30's (celsius).

Mine also enjoy cold applesauce. I wonder how that freezes? I guess we'll try that, next!

It freezes really well, I've always frozen if for my human babies . You could do it in muffin tins then pop them into a bag / container for easy storage.

 

[drumstick diva]

Chickens handle cold much better than heat. Everything I would suggest for the heat, has already been covered by responders ahead of me. I hope the idea will work for your flock. I know shallow pans of water are good for them to stand in. Cool feet= cool bird.

 

[deepbluesea]

I'm so sorry for your loss! That's hard. Hang in there. It sounds like you were doing the right things, and people have given you good suggestions. I do what someone above said: I've got six small soda bottles that I keep in the freezer and rotate them out to the three waterers. I also freeze peas, corn, blueberries in water in muffin tins and pop a few of those out in the afternoons.

 

[techbsmith]

I'm so sorry .. I'm one of the biggest softie's there are when it comes to losing an animal.

Big Hugs,

Bill

 

[MROO]

I also freeze peas, corn, blueberries in water in muffin tins and pop a few of those out in the afternoons.

I like this! Canned, fresh or frozen ... or doesn't it matter?

 

[MROO]

They all seemed to do well last summer in similar heat conditions and now I can't help but think I really f**ked up and should have known better to not have the pool/ frozen water bottles/ watered down ground for them.

Don't beat yourself up! We've all been there, or somewhere similar, at one point or another. The worst part is that we'll all be there again. That's why we have each other here on BYC. When we throw out a question or a problem, someone else has already faced it and shares what they learned, or they have a resource we don't and can look beyond the obvious to help.
This entire life is one big learning curve ... some lessons just come a little harder than others. I'm so sorry this particular one had to come your way!

 

[deepbluesea]

I like this! Canned, fresh or frozen ... or doesn't it matter?

I use frozen usually, but I don't think it matters. They also get nubbins of pasta and sometimes ground beef if there are leftovers.

 

[chicken4prez]

So sorry for your losses.

 

[MROO]

I use frozen usually, but I don't think it matters. They also get nubbins of pasta and sometimes ground beef if there are leftovers.

Leftover pasta at my house? I have teenagers, so I don't think so!