06/29/2026
🌞🐔 **Heat Stress in Chickens: What Every Flock Owner Should Know** 🐔🌞
With these hot summer temperatures, it’s important to keep a close eye on your flock. Chickens can suffer from heat stress quickly, which can lead to reduced egg production, illness, or even loss.
Signs of heat stress include:
• Panting
• Wings held away from the body
• Lethargy
• Reduced eating/drinking
The good news is there are simple ways to help prevent it:
✅ Provide plenty of cool, clean water
✅ Offer shade and good ventilation
✅ Add electrolytes to their water
✅ Feed during cooler parts of the day
✅ Freeze treats like fruits or veggies for extra cooling
Check out this helpful link below to learn more about protecting your chickens during the heat! ⬇️🐥
Baby, it’s hot outside! With soaring summer temperatures in many regions, the effect of heat stress on your hens can be very concerning. We recently wrote about how chickens regulate their body temperature, and today, we are going to talk about what happens when your hens are stressed by the hot w...
