Operation Chicken Rescue

The heat continues - a heat index of 108 the last three days! Saturday evening I went out to the run-in shed to check on everyone and one of our chickens, Hermione, was lying inside of the chicken tractor, limp. (Earlier in the day she'd been fine.) Herman, the lead chicken, was trying to peck at her - not a good sign!  I scooped up Hermione and we took her into the house and put her in a dog kennel padded with straw. She was hot, dazed, and with a really slow pulse. That night she wouldn't touch any water. But the next morning she was a little better, and sipped water - then gulped water, then pecked at a little food, and now she's up and around, although still weak. I think I'll let her enjoy life in the air conditioning a few more days.