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[Gomezpnp]

I had the 2 chickens expire due to heat in earlier post. Now my husband put up a mister so it keeps the temperature down 20 degrees, the chickens love it! He's so upset with himself he did not do this a day earlier so he could have saved the hens.

 

[Gomezpnp]

We are always looking for foods to supplement our chickens diet, we will def get some watermelon for them!!

 

[parentwarrior]

I had the 2 chickens expire due to heat in earlier post. Now my husband put up a mister so it keeps the temperature down 20 degrees, the chickens love it! He's so upset with himself he did not do this a day earlier so he could have saved the hens.

We hooked the mister system to our drip irrigation system so we could put it on a timer that goes off automatically.
Kris

 

[PiecesofAmber]

We lost one of our meat birds on Friday. It was 110 at the hottest that day. It was our first loss. We've been switching out frozen jugs, ice cubes in the water, misting (they hate it!), giving cool fruits (watermelon, cantaloupe, peaches), and wishing for some relief. Good luck to everyone!

 

[justhenz]

Hi! I'm a new chicken lover/owner living in the valley near Staunton. I have so worried to about the chickens in this horrible hot weather. They pant and spread their wings and are staying in the horsse barn all day. I've gotten a lot of great ideas-this is an awesome thread!

 

[blueyzjg]

I freeze an empty 2 liter soda bottle filled with water. I put the frozen bottle in the coop, the girls sit right in front of it, it is their redneck AC unit!! LOL I will also spay them with the hose, they do not like it but it makes me feel better!! Jackie

 

[laughingdog52]

I found foil insulated bags at the Dollar Tree and they fit on my 7 gallon waters just perfectly--that and the frozen bottles inside and It should help keep the water cool(er). Good luck everyone

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[parentwarrior]

I found foil insulated bags at the Dollar Tree and they fit on my 7 gallon waters just perfectly--that and the frozen bottles inside and It should help keep the water cool(er). Good luck everyone

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I would love to see a picture! Great idea.

 

[suebee]

105 degrees Friday.... I took all my chickens out of the coop and locked them into the crawl space of our house. It's 3 feet high and layered with sand. It stays around 75-80 degrees under there.

The drawback is yes, they survived 3 days under the cool house, but once I let them out it's difficult for them to acclimate to the hot temps outside.

Sunday: After 103 temps since Friday, a storm came through tonight and lowered the temps almost 20 degrees. I let them all out of the crawl space. Because of the storm, the coop went from 100 degrees to 80 so in the coop they went. I turned the fan on low and let them be.

Tomorrow the temps should rise to 100. I'll let them out to free range and keep the crawl space door open and see if my silkies will remember to enter. " Let's see how smart they are."


Purple Chicken...comment? (just for old time sake)

 

[Back2MyRoots]

We hve been freezing water bottles, adding ice to their daily water and offering frozen fruits to keep the girls' temps down. I had been misting them, but an experienced chicken farmer in the "Old Timers" thread suggested that it was actually a bad idea to mist your chickens as it raises the humidity. She said that the humidity could be more harmful to the chickens than the heat alone. Some other great ideas here though. I'm going to build them a chickie wading pool tomorrow!