Keeping Chickens in the Heat?

Hey there! I'm not even sure why I decided to pop in tonight, but here I am! Still can't believe I posted about chickens in the myLot category, LOL.

Hey there! Thanks for responding so I could add an apology here, LOL. This was supposed to go in the 'chickens' discussion category, but I must have had two tabs opened and posted in the wrong one. Figures, I haven't been around in probably a year and I screw up my first discussion on coming back.

hi I was out for 11 months due to some really upsetting events then got back on the net when my son brought my computer and monitor out of storage.I have been here in this tiresome retirement center for a year and a half as myson was out of wor k, but thank goodness he got a job finally last Wednesday so am go glad. not this Wed but a week back. so sometime soon I hope we can once again rent an apartment and I can get out of here. I work back and forth on several tabs too and sometimes I have posted the wrong response in the wrong discussion causeing the discussion maker great perplexity. he he h e.I had to apologize as my response had no bearing on the discussion of course.

I'm sorry to hear that you've hit some rough spots. I've been through some myself, and still not out of the woods yet, so to speak. I've been spending most of my time on Facebook (for fun) and Associated Content (for pay).

Hey there! I'm writing at Associated Content and staying pretty active over there, and making a few bucks. Still trying to get my house put together, and almost done with bathroom/laundry renovation, then need to do something with the kitchen.

Glad to hear you found something that works for you. I might give it a try one of these days. I'm sure it is an exciting time to be almost done with your house.

Why do you assume I don't know what to feed my chickens? They are on a good quality layer feed, thank you. Sheesh ... do people even bother reading the question?

I had to read you discussion many times over and i am sorry if you misunderstood me, my thoughts was to look for a more quality feeds on top of what you are giving the chickens. As far as i know chicken can tolerate heat more than humans can.

I know they're supposed to lay less in winter with less daylight, but this was my first year with chickens, and my girls were just coming of age when I got them Dec 1st, and I had my first egg the first week, then they rest started shortly thereafter. When they first started, I was only getting an egg or two, sometimes skipping a day, but once they all were old enough to lay, I was getting 3-4 eggs from my six hens, even in winter. When it warmed up I was getting five, sometimes six.

Oh yes, they're so cute! I got the first batch as 'teenagers' because I didn't want to wait for them to grow up in order to get some eggs, but then I got the babies and gosh, what fun watching them grow day by day. I never would have guessed that in two short months they'd go from a little fluff ball to something that really looks like a chicken, although a bit smaller.

They do have an area where I hoed the grass and broke up the dirt so they can take a dust bath. That's a chicken's most favorite thing to do!

How can you tell me to add more laying hens when you have no idea what my situation is? I'm not trying to run a business. I have the chickens as pets and eggs for my own consumption in my household, and give some to friends and family. I don't need more than I have. My question was to ask what others experience in the extreme heat with their chickens, not how to run a chicken farming business.