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The chickens and all looked fine today, my white calls lay in the sun, go figure? Couple of my rabbits looked awfully hot but were fine this evening, I had to check on them a couple times. I did have a doe kindle today and she was fine too, but darn, it was freaking hot out there!
Its possible that there was an underlying cause for the silkies death (Are silkie feathers warmer than "normal" chicken feathers?) so anything that has a high parasite load or some other underlying issue will be more likely to drop from heat stroke. I find that young stuff and pregnant rabbits are more likely to go down from heat stroke, so I check them more often, but
I've been breeding for heat tolerance. Some of them barely looked hot today even... Its hard if you have a life/job (I don't) and can't check on stuff every 20 minutes or so, which is about the time it takes for something to go from hot to "Oh crap"
I lost a couple hens last year that all got in the same nestbox, I saved one by bringing it inside and sticking it in the shower, the other one I couldn't save, it was brain damaged.
I think there is something wrong with my cat though, it doesn't look like heat stroke or urinary blockage, so I dunno what it is. Just looks wrong to me... I might have to run him to the vet tomorrow, which means I will be skipping my docs appt for this month too to pay for that. Seriously, anyone wanna buy a bunny?
Or an Ameraucana that may or may not be a Roo?
Or maybe someone would like to buy my husband, cuz if he tells me one more time I have too much stuff and need to get rid of some of it, I am going to hurt him...