Top 9 Tips for Keeping Your Backyard Chickens Cool in the Summer

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Christmas season has come and gone and the summer heat is here to stay.  With that in mind, it is important to maintain a cool environment for your flock.  All across the country, temperatures for mid-summer can reach 90+ degrees with high humidity.  Although chickens are very adaptable to weather changes, they usually perform their best around 75 degrees and below.  Consistently high summer temperatures can cause your chickens to suffer from heat stress, overheating, or even stop their egg laying process.  For heavier breeds, extreme heat can even cause death.  Thankfully, there are some things that you can do to help combat the high summer temperatures.

In no particular order, here are the top 9 tips for keeping your chickens cool in the summer:

1)  Add electrolytes to their water
Electrolyte tablets are important for extreme heat and can prevent dehydration.  

2)  Avoid foods such as corn and scratch
Corn and scratch require longer digestion processes, which creates more body heat.  Instead, feed your chickens fresh fruit and vegetables like watermelon to keep them cool.

3)  Keep cold water available 24/7
This tip is pretty self-explanatory, but maybe the most important.  The cold water will regulate the chicken’s body temperature and keep them cool. Make sure it is always available so your chickens can regulate water intake themselves.

4)  Install a fan in the coop
This tip isn’t always possible without messing up the structure of the coop.  However, if it is possible, a small fan can circulate air and keep your flock cooler in the summer months. 
Caution: Be very careful about electrical wiring exposure.  Accidents can occur if exposed wiring gets wet or if your chickens break the wiring. 

5)  Offer shade for chickens
Again, pretty self-explanatory, but it can make a huge difference.  Without shade, chickens won’t have any place of refuge to escape the heat.  You could add a small table over a corner of your coop for your chickens to rest and enjoy the shade.  In extreme heat, any small difference helps.

6)  Keep interaction with flock at a minimum
Interaction with your chickens causes them to be more active and create more heat.  On extremely hot days, try to leave your chickens alone and only check on them as necessary.

7)  Spray around the coop with cold water
Spraying around the coop and the roof can cause evaporative cooling for your chickens.  You can also create small pools of water for the chickens to wade in and keep themselves cool. 

8)  Offer frozen treats
Fill a large Tupperware container with berries (fruits) and water and freeze overnight.  Leave the container out the next day for your chickens and they can pick at the frozen goodies and stay cool.  You can also slice a watermelon in quarters and freeze for a similar result. [1]

9)  Use Grand HumiVet as Daily Supplement
It will keep your chickens healthy in all season. It boost immune system to fight  stress-related illneses in times of heat. [2]

 CHARACTERISTIC OF GRAND HUMIVET
1. Natural growth stimulant
2. Anti-bacterial
3. Anti-mold
4. Anti-viral
5. Anti-inflammatory

 What are the Benefits to Chickens and Poultry?

🐤 Immune system booster
🐤 Faster growth
🐤 Eggs are bigger and thicker
🐤 Helps in diseases and health problems like:
     ▪Colds/respiratory problems
     ▪Scouring/watery feces
     ▪Lameness/Leg Weakness
     ▪Soft-shelled eggs
     ▪Slow growth
     ▪Low egg production
     ▪Stress-related diseases
🐤 Reduces foul odor of manure

 Dosage and Administration
Grand HumiVet can be given in water or in feed administration;
▪In water administration, dissolve 0.5 to 1.0 gm per litre water.
▪In feed administration, mix 1 to 2 kgs per ton feed.
▪For a continuous administration, dosage may be lowered.

RECOMMENDED USAGE
▪For immunity enhancement during vaccination. 
▪For minimizing the effect of stress conditions.
▪For disease prevention and control In the presence of endemic viral infestation.
▪For normal preventive and routine health measure.
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Reference:
[1] https://info.mannapro.com/homestead/bid/148206/top-8-tips-for-keeping-your-backyard-chickens-cool-in-the-summer
[2] https://smartagrisolution.blogspot.com/2019/12/humicplus-and-humicvet-rich-source-of.html

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