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Hot weather and stress on chickens
John:
The heat has hurt my ability to ship chicks the last two weeks. The temp has to be between 10 and 85 degrees to ship, but that has been exceeded and chicks are being raised in my brooders that were meant to go to customers.
There is just no way that I can fill many more of the orders for chicks that I have this year. Some customers have agreed to move thier orders to next year and I\'ve already received my first order for the 2012 hatching season.
Next year I\'ll go back to not hatching in June...just too hot.
The birds here are doing well with the heat wave. Fresh cold water, shade and exhaust fans do the trick. I\'m sure happy we live in mid Michigan where the climate is quite moderate.
Mike Gilbert:
I was going to ship two boxes of started and young adult birds today, but the hour by hour forecast indicated it would still be too hot by the time the post office closed. It is supposed to be much cooler for about the next week, so I\'ll ship Monday. LaCrosse had triple digits yesterday, and today can\'t be far behind. Our thermometer reads upper 90\'s.
The chickens seem to be taking the heat pretty well here. The red deer just stand in the shade and pant. They would rather it be 10 below zero.
Jean:
Current conditions ºF | ºC
Newman Lake, WA
Current Weather
As reported 2:52 p.m.
UV index: 4 Moderate
Winds: CALM
Humidity: 44%
Pressure: 30.02 in
Dew point: 37ºF
Visibility: 10.00 miles
Sunrise: 4:50 AM
Sunset: 8:44 PM
Mostly Cloudy
59ºF
Feels like 59ºF
Beth C:
Now that\'s just cruel! :p I think our overnight low is going to be in the mid 70\'s.
I have started birds for sale locally, but don\'t see shipping anything before the end of Sept.
Mike Gilbert:
Jean, you are a sadist.
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