Keeperoflock
Songster
It's HOT! Lower to mid 90's. Heat indices are in upper 90's. I have 2 Jersey Giants that are 3 mo. old. One of them seems to not tolerate the heat as well as the others. Beak open, panting, wings flared, etc. All the while the other 16 3 mo. old's seem to be tolerating it fine. I did a thorough health check-up on all of them day before yesterday. No problems found.
They have a LARGE completely roofed run with good air flow. I block the one side where the sun shines in on them. I have a fan going at all times. I wet down the back area and they love to lay there with the fan blowing. Their water is there up on 3 layers of pavers and I keep ice blocks in their water which keeps the pavers cool. In mid to late afternoon I give frozen fruit/veggie blocks. I tried the kiddie pool but they did NOT like the big pink scary intruder in their pen AT ALL! I even tried putting them in it and, no.
She's eating fine, drinking and pooping fine. She does do a lot of laying around. Do I need to be concerned?
They have a LARGE completely roofed run with good air flow. I block the one side where the sun shines in on them. I have a fan going at all times. I wet down the back area and they love to lay there with the fan blowing. Their water is there up on 3 layers of pavers and I keep ice blocks in their water which keeps the pavers cool. In mid to late afternoon I give frozen fruit/veggie blocks. I tried the kiddie pool but they did NOT like the big pink scary intruder in their pen AT ALL! I even tried putting them in it and, no.
She's eating fine, drinking and pooping fine. She does do a lot of laying around. Do I need to be concerned?
Definitely signs of heat stress. I doubt its anything more than that if you don't see any other symptoms.
