Chickens are warm-blooded animals. If it gets too hot, they can't cool off (or only cool off a little), and their body temperature rises. We call this heat stress. Chickens have no sweat glands and must pant to evacuate body heat by other means. When chickens pant excessively, this increases their respiratory rate, affecting egg laying, growth rates or even sudden mortality. This requires more energy from the chicken than simply sweating.
How do chickens react to rising temperatures?
1. Panting and breathing rapidly
2. They try to get away from other chickens;
3. Pale combs and wattles;
4. They raise their wings and feathers vertically;
5. The hens have their wings spread and their beaks open;
6. They nap more and move around less;
7. Increased water consumption and reduced feed consumption;
8. Diarrhea;
9. Decreased egg production;
10. Drowsiness and lethargy ;
11. Higher mortality rate in the flock.
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