MARYLAND THREAD!

[cstephens1987]

Not sure how I missed this thread (swear I was in a Maryland one in here somewhere) but I'm literally on the Mason-Dixon in Carroll county. Howdy folks

 

[MROO]

Not sure how I missed this thread (swear I was in a Maryland one in here somewhere) but I'm literally on the Mason-Dixon in Carroll county. Howdy folks

Hello There! I'm pretty much in the same place you are ... except that I'm in Cecil County. I can ride a bicycle into Delaware or Pennsylvania from home ... pretty cool!
I've got all tiny Nankin bantams, with the exception of a pair of Porcelain d'Uccles (who need a new home) a Silkie rooster and two Kindergarten Dropout pullets (a Production Red and a Jersey Giant) from our local elementary school ... talk about a size difference!

 

[cstephens1987]

Hello There! I'm pretty much in the same place you are ... except that I'm in Cecil County. I can ride a bicycle into Delaware or Pennsylvania from home ... pretty cool!
I've got all tiny Nankin bantams, with the exception of a pair of Porcelain d'Uccles (who need a new home) a Silkie rooster and two Kindergarten Dropout pullets (a Production Red and a Jersey Giant) from our local elementary school ... talk about a size difference!

My northern property Marker is literally a gravestone on the Mason-Dixon and an old metal state boundary sign

 

[MROO]

My northern property Marker is literally a gravestone on the Mason-Dixon and an old metal state boundary sign

That's VERY cool!

 

[Mvan42]

Looking for blue laced Wyandotte hatching eggs.

 

[krowl]

How are everyones chickens handling this heat?!anyone doing anything to help their chickens cope??

 

[Mvan42]

How are everyones chickens handling this heat?!anyone doing anything to help their chickens cope??

I am putting ice in their water. Giving them cold or frozen veggies or fruits also.

 

[MROO]

How are everyones chickens handling this heat?!anyone doing anything to help their chickens cope??

We keep frozen water bottles on hand and drop them into everybody's waterers. It takes a lot longer to melt than ice and we can reuse them. We keep them separate from our personal food, so we don't cross-contaminate our dinner!
A low tray of water with a few ice cubes (or frozen berries) in it is a great, cooling foot-bath, it just needs to be changed every day (sometimes twice!)
Frozen treats are great, too, especially if you make them into ice cubes and set then in a hog pan (or other flat pan) so they can push them around. It's a good boredom buster for them that doesn't involve a lot of moving around in the heat ... and "Chicken Hockey" is highly entertaining to watch!
We've also started leaving a bucket of water just inside the back door; leaving it outside warms it up too much. It's a precaution for heat stroke. If a bird gets overcome, a quick plunge into room-temp water is a great instant cool-off. We haven't needed it, yet, but came awfully close with one of our younger cockerels. I brought him inside and let him stand in the sink for about ten minutes ... just in time. He now lives in a kennel on my shaded front porch until this heat wave passes. I'm taking no chances with him!

 

[Neighborhoodchick]

I'm in Pasadena in Anne Arundel County... Just got four chicks in March and lost two in July to a predator ... Looking for four to replace the two. Got Chicks? I need a Chick Fix!

 

[Mvan42]

I'm in Pasadena in Anne Arundel County... Just got four chicks in March and lost two in July to a predator ... Looking for four to replace the two. Got Chicks? I need a Chick Fix!

Tractor supply is having their fall chick days, it started today