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[BullChick]

Thank you! I actually ordered a mister on Amazon yesterday.

Great! Hope it works!

 

[5Sons Coop]

Haven't been on here for a while!

I just wanted to let you guys know that I lost 6 chickens to the heat lately. Right now, it's reaching 115 at my house. To keep my birds cool, I put ice in their water's I give them a lot of shade, and I put a fan in there henhouse. Is there any other things I can do to keep them cool? I don't want to loose anymore. I also wet the ground were there laying sod they have a nice cool spot to lay in.

Freeze food,treats, table scrap..etc. in a coffee can or ice cream pail. I fill the pail with "chicken slop" then with water and freeze it. Throw the whole block in there run.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You're from AZ so you know how evaporative cooling works.
The footbaths work because the blood vessels in the legs and feet will cool down the body.
There's no substitute for heavy shade that allows a breeze to blow through.
I visited an urban commercial rooftop farm last week. There were no trees. They did have shade cloth on the chicken run but they were still suffering. I recommended they suspend another 90% shade cloth over the entire area. If we get over 100 very often, their chickens won't make it. Imagine how hot a rooftop is.

 

[deserteggs22]

Freeze food,treats, table scrap..etc. in a coffee can or ice cream pail. I fill the pail with "chicken slop" then with water and freeze it. Throw the whole block in there run.

I freeze canned corn and any of my fruit scraps in muffin tins. And I ask give them frozen fermented feed.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Looks like a poop to me.

@runt325 these are roundwotms:



-Kathy

 

[h2oratt]

It will be easier to take care of the coop chores before work now that school is out.  There is no way I could wake up that early AND get the kid off to school.  

We have trees covering the coops and they are pretty well insulated, so it's not too bad working inside.  The runs on the other hand, way too hot.  I wish we'd get a nice quick thunder storm to cool things off!! 



I'm really sorry you are struggling with this.  Sorry you lost her, but glad she went to quickly.  Why do all the chicks I've lost die on Sat or Sun?  Why can't they die on a day the necropsy place is open?






I'm trying to move the Easter Hal chicks out of their covered pen, over to the MUCH bigger teenage pen.  The teenagers that were in that pen got relocated to the big girl pen.  Instead of chasing all the chickens, catching them and moving them, I simple closed their exit door to their run, opened the inside door.  Then I opened the inside door (directly across from each other) of the coop I want them to move in to and opened that run door.  I put water, food and TREATS in the teenage run. That has enticed half of the chicks over to their new pen.  Once they roost for the night, I'll move the rest of them over.

It's not covered, so I strung yellow caution tape across the run.  If I do still have a hawk problem, I'll hang some shiny CD's and put up some pinwheels.  

We got rid of 11 roosters yesterday, but my tenants that are closest to the coops, heard crowing this morning.  I only found 1, very pretty bantam EE that crowed while I was moving them.  Our notice from the City telling us to get rid of all chickens (although the enforcement agent we talked to, said just get rid of the roosters) gave us 'til Monday.

I still have some silkies that are crowing in the morning, but it is too dang hot for them to be crowing during the day, so I'm not sure which ones are making trouble.


I hope every one else is successfully dealing with this heat!!.  I also hope everyone near the fires in Arizona, California, New Mexico and any other ones I haven't heard about,  are safe.  

Happy birthday jessiesmom

 

[casportpony]

@runt325 , you think this is a worm?


-Kathy

 

[BantyChooks]

Did you know that ducks *can* have medicated starter as long as the medication is amprolium or bacitracin? Heck, Purina actually makes a medicated "Flock Raiser", though I haven't seen it in any stores. What ducklings do need is more niacin than than what's in the chick starter, so that's one reason one might want to feed flock raiser. -Kathy

Thanks! Good to know.

More on medicated feed and waterfowl: This is medicated flock raiser


http://metzerfarms.blogspot.com/2011/11/can-medicated-feed-be-used-for.html

Thank you so much!!!

I've been calling my chickens that do stuff like that "nominees for a Darwin award". I will relocate and protect up to a point, but geez... Oh, man, sorry about the arthritis, but that sounds good! Hey, my knee is killing me, maybe.... (No, wait, then I won't get anything done today. ) OMG, how could ANYONE forget Banti has DUCKS???!!!! Happy belated birthday! So, the Cream Legbar pullet is NOT doing well. This AM she was just standing still letting her wings droop and panting (it was [/URL] Breeding for resistance SUCKS. - Ant Farm

Oh no!! Poor thing!

I just walked back to check on the pullet - she died some time in the past 30 minutes or so. That went fast. Poor thing. I need to get her ready to send for necropsy. Than I'd better get out there and get some more chores done. Staying busy is the key... - Ant Farm

Soooo sorry!

Yep did anybody see that pic I posted about that yellow thing

Y'all my chicks got worms what can I do

I don't see any worms in that pic?

 

[casportpony]

@runt325 , I'm not sure how to help you... I've asked for poop pictures, then you send one, but later say it's a worm. I really need to see poop and worm pictures, or current videos. Can you go take a video or pictures that are less fuzzy?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: You're welcome!

-Kathy