hot weather

Hopefully this isn’t a already answered question, but here it goes. It’s been really hot lately. Upper 90s for a few weeks. I usually collect my eggs (non fertile—no males in coop) every late afternoon. However some days I can’t get them for at max two days because of bad storms. Is there like a...

I have a hen who hasn’t laid an egg in the past three days but has been hanging out in the box all day and night. It has been in the 90s here so at first I thought the heat was keeping her from laying. Now I’m concerned that she isn’t drinking and is dehydrated. She’s acting a little lethargic...

So I have a compounded crap storm of a problem that I'm trying to figure out. My chicken has hatched her chicks in the chicken house yesterday. However, it's been really hot out and will be so for the next couple of weeks (90-95 during the day and 60s at night). Currently, I combined two nest...

I set eggs under 2 broodies on the 15th. They took a week to get to me and had detached air cells. Out of 11 eggs only 4 made it through the 7 day candling. 3 of those reattached air cells. Yesterday, today, and though the weekend we are experiencing 105° weather. I had to take my broodies out...

Hi Chicken Friends- It’s muggy & 95 today. I love my hens & have a wonderful setup for them. They have a fan & plenty of cross circulation in their coup. I think they are comfortable @ night. During the day they are outside- the run has dense shade which is effective @ keeping them cool...

Hi folks, I've been reading this for months now and getting great ideas, but this is my first post. I'm ready to build a run for my girls (5 10-week-old sex links) and am having a heckuva time finding the right location on my property. The best site is right next to my well - NO WAY! The other...

Hey. So I was just curious as to what this duck behavior meant ? I assume she might just be hot due to Louisiana weather (90 degrees today). She has access to a shaded area of the run, has a pool, and has access to fresh water. She’s eating and drinking normal and I gave her some peas I pulled...

Hello everybody, I've wanted to make a new coop for my chooks for a while. I've recently discovered sketchup and had some fun playing around with making a little house for them, partly based on ones I've read about on here, but I'd like some input from people who've been there, done that, and...

I am thinking of adding new chickens to my flock and culling/rehoming some older hens who are struggling with the weather. I moved my flock from a shaded, tree-filled backyard in Arkansas to a open pasture with little to no natural shade in Oklahoma. Some of my hens are super hot and I know...

I found this infographic with some great tips for ways to keep your flock cool during the summer. I thought I would share it with everyone - http://www.poultrydvm.com/featured-infographic/keeping-chickens-from-overheating

I live in the UAE and the weather here can get as hot as 50 degrees celsius in the summer but stays around 40-45 degrees Celsius for 2 months. Can chickens survive temperatures this high?

…. water that has Corid in it? I'm on day 2 of treating for coccidiosis. The weather is about to heat up BIG time. I have never had to treat for coccidiosis before. My chickens are 3 months and 2 weeks old. I make up a new batch of Corid water every day. Thank you for your help!

Hi! Lately our egg production has been going down- a lot. We used to normally get 10-15 eggs a day, but now we are getting 5-8 a day. We have only lost one chicken recently.... I’m guessing it may be because of the heat? (We live down south) Several of our chickens are cold weather breeds, so...

Sry, if i am in wrong forum. I thought of freezing freezin bottles then putting them in my waterers a couple times a day Keep water cool.. What do you guys do thats not costly ? Any tips or tricks?

Hi, I am new to the forum and have a question about getting day old baby chicks in a climate that can be hotter than 100 degrees. I've read a lot and watched informational videos, but haven't found any information on raising baby chicks in temperatures hotter than 100 degrees. All of the info I...

Hi! I have four 13-week old EEs and live in SoCal, where the weather is always sunny. In the summer however, the temp goes from a consistent 85-90 to the occasional 100+. The shaded 8x8x8 run is currently sits on a large flat area of playground sand which I tried to convert into DLM by...

Hello, We are having quite a stretch of 90+ degree weather here in Colorado. I have just completed the finishing touches on our coop and am ready to introduce the chickens to it. I have 10 (9 week old) chicks. I have a 5x6 coop with 2 windows 7 vents 1 screen door... I am under the impression...