Its A Heat Wave!

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96 right now here in Woodburn, OR
ICK
the girls outside are not happy. they don't seem overly stressed but they are panting.

 

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Try living in Vermont!! It snows into may some years or the snow will stop in march and it will be 90* in march then it will snow again

 

[happyhen]

You can always send some of that warmth this way.....our high was 59 today!

 

[7AcreOrganics]

Our turkeys outside are panting hard, they loved it when sprayed with the hose. The chickens outside dont seem to fond of it. Its about 100 right now...

 

[joshchickens]

HAHA id gladly send you this heat!!

 

[debakadeb]

The high today was 71...warmest day this week...I wanna go where the heat wave is happening!!!

 

[lemurchaser]

I was so worried about my girls all day today(9 wk olds and 6 wk olds). At 11am it was 83 degrees outside, and 92 in the coop, and I found them in their coop panting. They just aren't used to being warm. So I let them free range all day, figuring they'd be safest choosing where to be. I got home and the temp was 97, and they were happy as can be in the garden. I set up waterers in 4 spots in the yard, and put their food out, so they wouldn't go sit and bake in the coop.

 

[bungaree chickens]

I know it was deadly hot today...but ain't we Oregonians funny..we love our rain!!! (most of the time) I never mind a day in the low 80's though. Yes, the pullets were panting, I tried to set up a sprinkler but that freaked them out and made them go in the coop. I just ended up shutting it off.

hot, hot hot!!!

 

[coffeemama]

Yep-hot here too. I say if your garage is at the temp that your brooder should be under the light, that it's safe to turn it off! I have a big brooder and it's inside my ac'd house, so my light stayed on all day. I hope today is cooler!

 

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I have a friend with 45 meat birds even with their best attempt lost 2 of them friday late afernoon/early evening, it just didn't cool off well.
the chicks were 4 weeks old.
ready for this heat wave to be over!