Mimishummingbird
Hatching
- Jul 7, 2024
- 2
- 5
- 5
I am a new chicken mom my girls will be 19 weeks Wednesday. It got up to 99 degrees this week so I have been putting frozen ice bottles around their runs, ice bottle in their water with vitamins & electrolytes. I also have a Bundt pan I add Mel worms to & freezing so when they start to pant I put it in their run & they peck & try to get the mealworms which keeps them cooled off, I also have misters and a fan on the daily. I do this on repeat every day, so in the evenings I grap all the water bottles and Bundt pan and wash off really well & put back into my freezer for the next day. I also mist the smaller run with a hand mister and that helps, they donโt like it on their feet but seem very happy once itโs done and they can lay down. I also have allot of shade cloth around their runs and an easy up above over their coop as we are limited with shade. It seems to be working for us but it is a heck of allot of work.
What age do ya all recommend switching to Layer feed?
What age do ya all recommend switching to Layer feed?