Is heat exhaustion a real thing for chickens?

[jllracer55]

Measure out a little less than a days worth of feed and wet it.
Make it an oatmeal consistency or slightly wetter.
That will help them to intake water while they eat.

I did get the food wet and had added ice to the water but ill be doing it again.

 

[jllracer55]

Heres a new question and thought to this aweful problem ive got.. can over ripe watermelon have something in it that is bad for chickens? As I am almost positive that I gave these young birds almost half a watermelon cut in small pieces on Saturday, was not home sunday afternoon to do my normal routine as we left the house early and went down monday to discover the 4 dead, could there be a connection to the watermelon?

 

[jllracer55]

I question the watermelon and lettuce because all 11 chickens were alive and accounted for on saturday when I gave this to them and they all ate it.

 

[perchie.girl]

That would be a NO on the watermelon.... Not an issue...

 

[Nats Chickens]

Yes they can suffer from heat exaustion. It's a real problem here in Australia.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I put Ice packs in the coop added a second fan and threw frozen blueberries in. am trying to give them foods with moisture not dry chicken feed

Perhaps this could be an option for you.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/homemade-air-conditioner-for-you-coup.1261108/

 

[jllracer55]

I was considering that but by the looks of it its not very effective :/ I was wondering maybe about an old window a/c unit and our shed I may attempt to cool it for a bit without chickens and see what it does since it is insulated

 

[Kiki]

I was considering that but by the looks of it its not very effective :/ I was wondering maybe about an old window a/c unit and our shed I may attempt to cool it for a bit without chickens and see what it does since it is insulated

Do you have enough ventilation in your coop?
Can you get a few photos of the whole set up?

 

[jllracer55]

Here is the coop setup currently.

 

[Tesumph]

Here is the coop setup currently.

How many birds do you have in this?