Heat wave claimed life of my hen Daisy.

[Kuntry Klucker]

Hi All,

I lost one of my Buff Orphington hens Daisy to the heat wave. I did everything that I could do for them
to help them make it through. Fan in the coop, ice in the water, pool and mister in the pen.

She died in the coop, I feel so bad, I did all that I could do for them. She had a good life,
all my ladies are pampered and get the best care and love. It just hurts since I tried so
hard to make it as easy as possible on them to handle the heat.

Thanks for listening, I know that I can always count on the other chicken loves on BYC.

 

[1muttsfan]

So sorry to heart about your hen - the heat has been brutal so far this year

 

[speckledhen]

I'm very sorry. If I don't lose one or two of my older hens this weekend, it will be a miracle.

 

[Pretty Pony]

Sorry, doing the same things for all of mine, ice, fan, ect. Keeping my fingers crossed, too!

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

I'm very sorry. If I don't lose one or two of my older hens this weekend, it will be a miracle.

Thanks, how old are your older hens?

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

Sorry, doing the same things for all of mine, ice, fan, ect. Keeping my fingers crossed, too!

Thanks, I knew it was going to be bad when 100+ temps were forecasted for our area. I hope that your
ladies make it through okay.

 

[Red Barn Farms]

Very sorry to hear about your loss.

It was 108 here today.

 

[bj taylor]

i'm sure sorry about you losing your daisy. i've been worried too. they're fine during the day, it's the coop @ night i'm having trouble with. i hope i don't out there in the morning to find a dead bird(s).
i wish i could figure out how to reconfigure my coop between summer & winter.

 

[holyhart]

I'm sorry.

I lost 5 hens to heat really early this spring when we had a crazy record breaking heat wave in March (90's in March is completely unheard of in NH). It was awful. Hubby and I worked for 3 hours trying to save them. We managed to save only 3.

 

[sdsmowen]

I worry about ours too i have to keep the coop pretty locked down at night due to raccoons but I want them to have good airflow also it's tough to balance the two.