Too hot help

[Kiki]

I'm curious to what their poop looks like.
Can you get a few pictures.

Be very careful with using misters...wet ground and the heat are perfect breeding grounds for coccidia.

Has their poop been off?
Coccidiosis can be deadly if not caught and treated quick.

 

[Pecky03]

I'm sorry you lost one of your girls. The heat can be brutal. I wouldn't bring them inside, makes it worse when they go back outside. They have to be able to handle it. Deep shade and cool water to wade in are best. Cool treats during the hot part of the day like cucumbers and watermelon, not necessarily cold from the fridge but room temp is fine. Also, Sav A Chick a few times a week is helpful. Consider a different breed of chicken, something without a bunch of fluff if that's what you've got.
Good luck!

I only have these guys because my daughter’s kindergarten hatched them in class. And I said I would take three to Rescue. Some rescue. I just recently found out that they were Rhode Island Reds from the lady at the feed store. I don’t think I would get more chickens on my own. As much as I love them they’re too much stress and my heart cannot take the lost.
Thank for telling me not to bring them inside I don’t want to make things worse. I’ll just leave the mister on all night and see if that helps. Thank u everyone

 

[BigBlueHen53]

A swamp cooler works pretty good in a dry climate like Las Vegas. I believe it will actually lower the temperature and is more efficient and safer than combining misters and fans. It's all we used in new Mexico to cool our homes. But there has to be ventilation at each end of a building or enclosure for the moistened air to flow properly to in order to cool the building. There will be an investment to get set up, though, and if your building is very small it may not be cost-effective. Your local hardware store should be able to answer any questions. Good luck!

 

[Pecky03]

I'm curious to what their poop looks like.
Can you get a few pictures.

Be very careful with using misters...wet ground and the heat are perfect breeding grounds for coccidia.

Has their poop been off?
Coccidiosis can be deadly if not caught and treated quick.

Those are all fresh from this morning. I honestly never thought I would be taking pictures of bird poop. #whatyoudoforlove

 

[igorsMistress]

I only have these guys because my daughter’s kindergarten hatched them in class. And I said I would take three to Rescue. Some rescue. I just recently found out that they were Rhode Island Reds from the lady at the feed store. I don’t think I would get more chickens on my own. As much as I love them they’re too much stress and my heart cannot take the lost.
Thank for telling me not to bring them inside I don’t want to make things worse. I’ll just leave the mister on all night and see if that helps. Thank u everyone

You're in Vegas? I'm in Phoenix. Misters! Don't let them soak everything, you need to keep the coop itself dry. I have a stand mister and a box fan and it works great! My flock enjoys it a lot, especially in the afternoon. They lay on the wet ground and let the mist settle on their bodies. That and the cool water for wading are their preferred cooling off options.

Your coop needs a LOT of ventilation in our climate. You can help this by leaving windows/doors open and having a fan draw/push air through. I would get rid of the rats and mice first though. You can use poison in those little box things, Tom Cat or some such brand, away from your coop and run once you make it secure and that will keep those buggars gone.

 

[Pecky03]

OK so I bought a pole for them to roost on in the coop. I just don’t know how to install it. any ideas? should I just get two chains and hang it from the coop ceiling?

 

[cmom]

How about something like this.

 

[Cryss]

Get 6 small chunks of wood. Attach them in a U shape to the 2 walls so that the 2 ends of the pole can slip down into it. I'd make the side of the U slightly taller than the diameter of the pole so it can't pop up and out with some jostling. This way you can easily remove it for cleaning. Position it higher than the nests.

PS: if the pole wont reach wall to wall just do the same thing in the corner.

 

[Mrs. K]

Chickens are often times not real long lived animals. It does not happen often, but it is not uncommon to find a bird dead in the morning. I think she might have just died, and nothing to do with the heat. You have a lot of shade there, and dry heat is much different than heat + high humidity.

Shade and water and birds should do fine in temperatures over 100 degrees, much better in dry 100 degrees.

Don't lock them up in the coop, and you could just hose the outside of the coop down early evening and that should drop the inside temperature.

Mrs K

 

[cmom]

@Mrs. K, That is my thinking too. I have found birds dead for no apparent reason. Could've been a heart attack. Unless you have a necropsy done it will be a mystery. I came across this.

"From: MOTHER EARTH NEWS
How important is it to find an answer when a chicken suddenly dies? That’s completely up to you. Like with all things chicken-related, it comes down to paying careful attention to all your birds. If you have reason to suspect contagion or disease, or notice abnormal behavior in other chickens in the flock, get the dead bird examined immediately. If the rest of your chickens keep doing their happy chicken things as normal, maybe it’s not a high priority. As one chicken owner put it: “Where there’s livestock, there’s deadstock.”

The only unsettling thing about having no obvious reason for the death is there’s nothing concrete you can change or improve as a matter of prevention and protection for the rest of your birds."