ANOTHER CHICKEN SAGA...
Wednesday morning I had 13 hens. That night when I closed the house I only had 12. Got in my golf cart and circled the property in terrible heat. No luck finding the lost chicken or her remains. It was another sad night for me. Some predator had swooped in and claimed dinner. Could have been that scrawny coyote or one of the neighbor's dogs or a black bear (yikes).
Thursday morning I had 12 hens. The heat index that day was 109. Thursday night I counted 11 hens. Searched in the hen house and found one poor girl dead in the corner from heat exhaustion.
Friday and Saturday we went to the local Chicken Swap Meet. I purchased four very healthy girls for the brood.. Right now they are in a big cage in the pen getting acquainted with the 11. Last time we brought in some new girls the existing hens beat them up. This time we will leave the new ones in their own cage while they get acquainted with the clan. When we turn them loose with the group I have no concerns about the new girls because I am betting they can whoop the others. These four new girls are big, healthy, beautiful and able to stand their ground.
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| Cannot wait to let them out and take a good close up of them. |
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| These are a little far South from me but some have been spotted near here. |
Yikes! I hope you don't lose any more hens.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about the animals in this heat.
ReplyDeleteDo you have some way to keep the hens cooler in this terrible heat? Is there shade around the pen?
ReplyDeleteWe did put a large box fan inside and the girls are spending most of their time right in front of it.
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