They are adjusting well, and in a few days they will have a big run as well, so lots of room to run and flap wings and hunt bugs. I have got them all to eat from my hand through the fence, but only one to eat from my hand while I was in the coop. We will wait to tame them some more when it cools down.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Hot Chickens
We've got ourselves some hot chickens over here. It's 100 right now and I can't imagine being covered in feathers or being sweat glandless, let alone both. They have lots of shade and lots of water, so they should be fine, but 4 days in a row of this seems stressful. I'm thinking about getting the ground wet so they can get some coolness from the evaporation, but haven't yet because it stresses them every time I go in the pen.
They are adjusting well, and in a few days they will have a big run as well, so lots of room to run and flap wings and hunt bugs. I have got them all to eat from my hand through the fence, but only one to eat from my hand while I was in the coop. We will wait to tame them some more when it cools down.
They are adjusting well, and in a few days they will have a big run as well, so lots of room to run and flap wings and hunt bugs. I have got them all to eat from my hand through the fence, but only one to eat from my hand while I was in the coop. We will wait to tame them some more when it cools down.
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poor little ladies! thankfully it has cooled off nicely outside tonight - some overnight relief for them!
Ours get a little toasty, too. I'm ready for another chicken post. I kind of love having chickens.
An interesting bit of info from the health world. Have you heard of Psittacosis? This is a respiratory infection you can get from your birds. I was researching it the other day and one thing I learned is key to preventing this disease: "Avoid mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on your birds." Good to know.
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