29 Jun 2012
Chicken Trouble

Over the past three days we've lost seven hens - that's 20% of our flock. Heat exhaustion, I suppose we should call it, as "baked chicken" brings up an entirely different image. But after two days of +100°F (it hit 104 yesterday) who can be surprised. My brother in law passed on a bit of news that a really big industrial egg producer in southern Indiana lost over a quarter million birds yesterday when the temps soared. I can believe it.

Seven hens are the most we've ever lost to any single weather event, cold snap, heat wave or storm. The sheep are still hangin' in there, but the pasture is going downhill fast - and unless we get a good soaker soon, we'll be in serious trouble.

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