Rural Gardening: Lost two Polish babies to 105 temps!, 0 by Eufaula

Eufaula wrote:
Here I go again with sad news! I noticed all my chickens were beginning to show signs of stress with the High temperatures here! I started letting them range a little longer in the evening , just so they could get under the shade trees and roll in the cooler leafy areas of the yard! Most of my birds have their coops under a huge birch tree and are fine, they stay at least 10 degrees cooler than the the coop attached on the side of the barn. I usually spray it down wit water and smaller tree above it to create a water mist for them!

Six days ago I saw that my only two black Polish babies were sneezing as well as trying to hold their wings out to keep cool! then they just decided not to even try and move any longer! They would just lay down and hold their wing s out! I took them both to the cooler area . They seemed to do better but the sneezing got worse . they were both eating and drinking and doing their chicken thing! Then day before yesterday I found one dead then the other sat down and refused to eat and today he is gone! Sooooo sad!
So be careful everyone, try to keep your Chicks ventilated and cool as best as possible!