Over heating... What else can I do???

emma p

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I have Cochin bantams so they are not good in heat. One of my girls was getting really hot so I brought her inside. She is still panting a little bit but not as much. It is almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit. She has been inside for about one hour. Is their anything else I should do? She has food and water and the others are doing fine.
Oh and it is 79 degrees Fahrenheit where she is now... It is the hottest day of the year.
Thanks for any advice!
-Emma
 
Keep her inside till the weather improves. I saved a welsummer from heat stroke, had her in the basement for 24 hours, returned her to the flock when she looked good and she was dead the next day.
 
I have 4 buff orpingtons and they are not a breed that do well in the hot weather either. I live in Salt Lake City and it's 97 today. One of my chicks pants more then the others. She has done this since I got her at 2 weeks. Sometimes I get a cold paper towel and wet her down. I also have a blow up kiddie pool. I take the chickens and slowly put them in the water. (only 1 really likes it haha). As for their coop I always have a fan running with frozen water bottles in front of it for chicken AC! I hope that helps!
 
Thank you! She is making like this kind of nastily sound when she breaths... Is that normal if she was to hot? She only makes it when she has her mouth open?
Thanks for the advice! And who know maybe I will just end up with a indoor chicken! My parents would not be happy about that ;)
 
I have Cochin bantams so they are not good in heat. One of my girls was getting really hot so I brought her inside. She is still panting a little bit but not as much. It is almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit. She has been inside for about one hour. Is their anything else I should do? She has food and water and the others are doing fine.
Oh and it is 79 degrees Fahrenheit where she is now... It is the hottest day of the year.
Thanks for any advice!
-Emma
Put her in a cool not cold bath and put some electrolytes into her water it will help, just add some gatorade or make some here what i do for my girls.
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1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Gallon Water
 
Put her in a cool not cold bath and put some electrolytes into her water it will help, just add some gatorade or make some here what i do for my girls.
jumpy.gif


1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Gallon Water
Okay! thank you so much
 
I have Cochin bantams so they are not good in heat. One of my girls was getting really hot so I brought her inside. She is still panting a little bit but not as much. It is almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit. She has been inside for about one hour. Is their anything else I should do? She has food and water and the others are doing fine.
Oh and it is 79 degrees Fahrenheit where she is now... It is the hottest day of the year.
Thanks for any advice!
-Emma

I have a little pullet that was acting like she was over heated a couple of weeks ago. I brought her in and I had read that someone put their chicken back outside after it was over heated and it died, I don't think it was ChickenCanoe but it could have been. Anyways, I kept her in the house for several days and when I went to put her back outside, she acted like she wasn't ready. Now, she wants to stay in the house. I have taken her out on multiple times but she stays next to me like a little kid. She runs to me if she thinks any of the other chickens are coming her way. I have her in with some chicks that are almost 6 weeks old and she seems fine with them but when they go out, she's going with them and we will see how she does.
 
Speaking of heat, I live in West Texas and I think it's cool when the temperature is only in the low 90s. We have lots of days in the 100s, even up to 107 degrees Fahrenheit! I used to freak out when my pullets started breathing with their mouth open as the temps. started to warm up in May. Then I read that if it's over 84 degrees, they will do that. Well, this is my first time with chickens, but there are many people that live in the area with chickens and even my co-worker has raised chickens for years. They have all told me to provide shade and water and they should adjust and do fine. I still go out every day mid-day and at 5:30pm and put out ice in water pans for wading and provide a fan on days with no wind, but my 21 week old chickens are doing fine. I certainly don't think it's ideal, but it seems that chickens can be raised in hot climates - even hot and dry like mine. So far, everyone is doing well and one (my EE) started laying a week ago. One small green egg every other day. Hopefully, the others will start soon, although I am sure the heat doesn't help. My other three breeds are Buff Orpington (the heat seems to affect her the most - will never pick this breed again in this heat), Barred Plymouth Rock & Silver-Laced Wyandotte (seem to handle the heat very well).
 
Fans make a huge difference as well as making a place where they can get their feet wet whenever they want to. I have never had success getting chickens to use a kiddie pool without me physically putting them in there so I just make a puddle in a shady spot and set the fan to blow over it. When they get to hot they stand in the puddle with the fan blowing on them and it really helps. I also have fans in each coop that are on timers so when it's really hot and especially when it's humid they can run well into the night.
 

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