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If you find the tubing, make sure it fits super tight. Take the syringe with you. Oh, also you need to file, or sand, or melt, the sharp edge around the tip that will go in the chicken's mouth. That way it won't scratch her soft palate or throat.

I pray all goes well for you and your hen. Just do your best, with the resources you have available. With some good nursing, time and patience she has a good chance. It may take a few weeks for her to get back to normal.

God Bless :)
 
Hen Pen Jem said:
If you find the tubing, make sure it fits super tight. Take the syringe with you. Oh, also you need to file, or sand, or melt, the sharp edge around the tip that will go in the chicken's mouth. That way it won't scratch her soft palate or throat.

I pray all goes well for you and your hen. Just do your best, with the resources you have available. With some good nursing, time and patience she has a good chance. It may take a few weeks for her to get back to normal.

God Bless :)
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Well, I ran to the store after getting your post, ran back, found 10ml syringe, got everything cut fitted and loaded pretty quickly. She was very still and it went in easily as I fairly slowly loaded her up. Only thing is I think she may have passed while I was gone. Her breathing has been so shallow. I thought she was dead this morning and i took her out to do a nicropsy and she fluttered. That is how i knew she was still with me. Anywho, I'm leaving her to rest and will find out one way or the other in a few more minutes. :(
I learned some very good things from you today. I really can't thank you enough. We have another month or so to make it through this mean heat. I did not realize how bad it was yesterday. Today the girls have puddles to play in and they will for a few more months.It would break my heart to lose another.
 
The world climate is changing.

Ten years ago, I only used a box fan and shade to keep things cool. Four years ago I had to add misters, as the Summers started to have intense heat waves, topping 108 degrees, for a few days.

I set up a cool zone, where there is a woven tarp with fake leaves to block the sun, box fans, and misters. When the chickens get too hot, they'll walk through the cool zone. Some even plop down and sit for awhile. If you can set up a box fan for the chickens, that will help a lot.

Here's one of the hens cooling off under the misters. That day was 100 degrees, but only 79 under the misters. A pan of water, placed under the box fan, will stay freezing cold due to the wind chill. Chickens do better with ice cold water, during high heat.
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Some chicken breeds have a harder time with the heat than others. For instance, Orpington's are very sensitive to the heat. That is a Buff Orpington in the photo. Also, if a hen is ill, she may succumb to heat faster. Your hen may have already been feeling ill with something else.

But yes, we live and learn. We all have failings, the important thing is to learn and do better. If your hen passes away, it will be a sad time for you. That's the hard part of raising chickens, the losses... But you must rest, have your cry, then, refocus on the remaining hens. You are working very hard to care for your flock. It will get better, and you'll always remember, each and every one of your chickens.

God Bless :hugs
 
Big mahalo for your kind words and awesome help. She did pass when I was away. Such a pretty girl. I think her good health carried her as far as it could. My guess is she went into the nest box and heated up too much. I will drill some breathing vents in the box though I did have a block of wood wedge in the top for additional air. It would have been her first egg had she laid. I did not do a nercropsy. I just let her go and will bury her tonight. I also just lost a little cockerel to my dog earlier this week. I swear i feel like I have a chicken Arlington. I do try hard to keep them well and safe and healthy. I'm out visiting them a lot during my day.
We have high humidity and the misters are useless but I may get a fan because it is when our weather pattern changes (and it has been changing a lot) we lose our trades along with higher heat and it becomes yucky. Our summer temps were normally mid 80's but now we are more 90's. We have solar and well water and usually in the peak heat I let them play under the trees in cool puddles, but, because of the bad dog I have to be more cautious. I lock them in the run when I leave though yesterday I left them access to my garden. It is attached to the run and very secure, and I just put up a nice secure fence on the property line this last weekend. They have lots of places to find deep shade and hunt lizards in safety there. I also have shade cloth over almost their entire run.
As much as I love the orps I will not... ahem, will try not... to purchase them again because of the heat factor though they seem to be ok. I did get the BR because my older BR seems to do well so i though it was safer. I usually lose my girls to dogs or coccidiosis. This would be only the second gal lost to heat and under very similar circumstances- young and close to point of lay. Other one was a young, pretty BO. I swear the minute I am not looking... never the wild ones, just my babies. :barnie
Who said chickens were easy????!!!:th
PS where are you located?
 
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