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Oh Dear....who knows how all this will work out...should be interesting....and brooding these chicks in 105+++ heat after the first week will prove challenging...
We just had a heat wave where our temps were 110 for a couple days. The truck mirror thermometer said 117! Dry heat, like the desert.
I have multiple age groups of chicks. The 2 week olds are being brooded in a big stock tank in the main coop. No heat lamp needed! They started panting mid day. DH put a fan in that coop to get the air circulating better. I put an ice pack in the brooder and the chicks were standing on it. That seemed to relieve their panting.
I put the newly hatched chicks in a small portable brooder. I can put it outside, in the shade, during the day. They are comfortable that way. I bring them indoors at night, put them in a small room. I'm using a small lamp with a regular light bulb for heat at night. If that's not enough, first thing in the morning when the air is a little cooler, I put a heat pack in there.
The older chicks, including some of Kathy's F4s, free range during the day. They hang out under the Mulberry trees & rose bushes and are quite happy. I put a sprinkler on the lawn and some of them will stand under the spray. They all are tolerating the heat very well.
