Heat hit early in AZ.

ChickyLadyAZ25

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I'm having some difficulty with my silver laced wyandottes. They haven't been outside very long and the temperatures have increased into the 100's out of nowhere in Arizona. I mean my two girls ziti and rotini were having difficulty in the 80's. They were introduced slowly to the flock and I noticed that they were very uneasy and they literally will not stop moving around. They walk back and forth through both coops into the run non-stop all day long. They are now integrated into the flock and they still are non-stop chickens. But they continuously are panting I have eight water pans out that I put for the chickens to cool off in, these are large buffet pans that I put Frozen ice blocks in. The rest of my flock loves these pans and are in them off and on all day and are not panting. I have picked up the Silver Laced wyandottes put them in and they will not stay in the water to cool themselves. They do not act like my Colombian wyandottes at all. My Colombians will squat down and submit to me I picked them up love on them kiss them as I do all my chickens. But my silver laced seem to be spaz girls. I'm very concerned with the heat the way it is but these girls are not going to make it through the summer. Neither one has submitted to me yet when the rest of my flock does. They were handled from day one multiple multiple times a day like all of my girls but these two I don't know if there's something wrong with them, I know why in dots are supposed to be friendly docile chickens but these two just are not and they can't seem to settle. Does anyone have any suggestions for me how to keep these two girls cool and get them through the summer. The mister goes up tomorrow.
Signed new Wyandotte mom here very concerned.
 
A mister will not cool them but mat their feathers down so they can't cool off.
Provide deep, moist shade. Lots of shade.
Personality is up to the individual chicken and not breed specific. I've never had a calm and friendly wyandotte.
Don't kiss them, that's a good way to share diseases, parasites etc.
 

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