Healthy Chooks enjoying the hot days

Joh · **Joined:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:43 pm **Posts:** 86

Birds die of neglect not heat stress if they were kept humanly then they would be fine and thats a fact. just ask any decent vet

Bill · **Posted:** Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:35 am

Joh wrote:

Birds die of neglect not heat stress if they were kept humanly then they would be fine and thats a fact. just ask any decent vet

101% correct, its 110% neglect as you wrote.

If in doubt on hot day LET THEM OUT to free range

its not rocket science :roll:

Cordelia · **Joined:** Tue Feb 18, 2003 12:45 pm **Posts:** 678538

Birds drink water early morning and late afternoon VERY RARELY during the day, especially on the hottest days.

3 most basic steps to hot days

1) make sure your coop in in shade from mid morning to late afternoon in summer
2) make sure your coop is well ventilated
3) make sure you chooks/birds have fresh clean water [in the shade at all times]

I am sorry :oops:

I know this is so so basic for animal care and no doubt taught at grade 1 or 2 :oops:

but there are very silly people out there that have no idea and just blame it on "heat stress" or heat stroke" which is a myth in reality

ChickenPox · **Posted:** Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:35 am

Cordelia, very good than657

I think people that loose birds on hot days need to be reported to the rspca for animal cruelty? and if they are in clubs maybe booted out as clubs can't afford to have that rubbish in the club

CreaturesOz · **Joined:** Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:12 pm **Posts:** 2

I live in morayfield and we had 45 the other day and my chooks when out to sunbake at 2.oopm which is the hottest part of the day, they loved the heat.

CreaturesOz · **Joined:** Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:12 pm **Posts:** 2

Oh I have sussex and wyandottes by the ways

Raf · **Posted:** Fri Jan 17, 2014 8:02 am

CreaturesOz wrote:

I live in morayfield and we had 45 the other day and my chooks when out to sunbake at 2.oopm which is the hottest part of the day, they loved the heat.

You take care of your fowls thats clear i_like1

unlike some up your way :roll:

CreaturesOz wrote:

Oh I have sussex and wyandottes by the ways

They are both tuff breeds so the heat for healthy and properly cared for sussex and wyandotes would not be any issue at all. Only the sick, diseased or mistreated would be at risk

Raf

watson96 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:34 pm

Raf and you are 100% right on

Bill · **Posted:** Sun Jan 19, 2014 8:37 am

Good to read all the members here know how to look after the birds congt334

on being genuine bird lovers

HeWyandottes · **Joined:** Sun Jan 19, 2014 10:42 am **Posts:** 2

I have 179 wyandottes here on the farm and we had 43, 44, 47 consecutive and not a single fowl looked like they were overly troubled by the heat. In 28 years never lost a fowl in hot days. I read about a woman on facebook killing hers a week or two ago on a hot day and then blaming the heat instead of getting outside and giving them water and shade.

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