I have an extra fridge in my husband's shop. The entire freezer is full of big jugs of water.
I am rotating these all day long. Even a cat litter box and a baking dish. They get these giant icecubes around 3:00 every day.
For 2 weeks it has been 102-110 and for the week ahead.
Smaller iced bottles go in their water bowls a few times a day.
I put apple cider vinegar in their water every day, is this okay? About 2T per 3qts. They seem to love it.
Electrolytes also in their water, 2 days at a time. Not every day, too much sodium right?
2 weeks ago I brought 2 of my Polish girls, 15weeks, back from the dead.
They went completely lethargic. Would not eat, drink or poop, just standing limp still.
I put them in a playpen in the shop. A/C at 78 degrees.
Every 2 hours I forced them to drink water w/vinegar and Pedialyte.
Put drops of poly vi sol in a small bottle cap, tilted it to one side, held their beaks in it and they had to drink it up yum.
Also, almost force fed, yogurt, boiled egg, oatmeal, baked chicken thighs chopped up good.
Yep, during the day every 2 hours.
It took 4 days for them to start acting like chickens again but I did it!
That's when I started doing the giant icecubes for all of them.
Also spray down their sandy run a couple x's a day.
They still pant but are doing great.
What is up with this record breaking heat???