This Content is About : Essential Chicken Care Tips for a Healthy Summer | Cool Poultry Birds | Dr. ARSHAD Tips and Tricks for Keeping Chickens Cool in Hot Summer Months | Pets Summer Care | Dr. ARSHAD Vet Here are those 10 Tips 01 Clean and Fresh Water Supply 02 Adaptive Behaviour 03 Roosting / Perching 04 Maintain Humidity 05 Shade 06 Coop Ventilation 07 Reduce Coop Light Intensity 08 Free Range 09 Feeding during Cooler Parts of the Day 10 Provide Extra Space and Litter Bathing Moreover, Here are the Easy Ways to keep Chickens Cool During Hot Summer Months : 1 = Shade Trees 2 = Wet Gunny 3 = Cross Ventilation 4 = Less Deep Litter 5 = Enough Space 6 = Drinkers and Feeders Airflow 7 = Accurate use of Curtains 8 = Dextrose monohydrate glucose powder Unlike people, chickens don't have sweat glands nor do their feathers allow for a refreshing breeze to cool the skin and decease their body temperature. Because of that, it's important to stay vigilant about keeping your flock cool in the summer to prevent heat stress. Learn all about recognising, preventing and treating heat stress in your flock so you can keep them healthy this summer. What is Heat Stress ? Heat stress is additional stress a chicken's body experiences due to it being unable to maintain a normal body temperature. As a chicken's body temperature rises, pressure on all the other body systems increase. 8 Signs of Heat Stress / Heat Stroke in Chickens : 1 = Panting and Rapid Breathing 2 = Pale Comb and Wattles 3 = Wings outstretched and feathers erect 4 = More Lounging and less roaming 5 = Stopped Eating and increase Drinking 6 = Diarrhea 7 = Decrease in Egg Production 8 = Droopiness and Lethargic Preventing Heat Stress in Chickens : Provide Refreshing Water Avoid Overcrowding Use Fans and Increase Coop Make Frozen Treats and Encourage Hydration Provide Shade Hose down the Coop and Surrounding areas Set up Misters Recognising Heat Stress in Chickens : Severe Lethargy Heavy Panting Extreme body heat Staggering Disorientation Seizures Tips and Tricks for Keeping Chickens Cool in Hot Summer Months | Chicken Summer Food | Dr. ARSHAD Vet Clinic #SummerPoultry #SummerChickens #CoolChickens #SummerFeed #SummerPetsandLivestock #SummerCare #PetsFood #ChickenSummerFeed #ChickenSummerCare #ChickenDiarrhea #ChickenDehydration #HeatStressinPoultry #PetBirdsSummerCare #SickPetCare #GuineaFowl #Goose #BackyardPoultry #BackyardChickens #BackyardPets #CommercialPoultry #Turkeys #Pheasant #Hen #Cockerel #Quail #Leghorn #Broiler #Brahma #Araucana #Pigeon #Duck #Peafowl #Veterinarian #Poultry #PetsandAnimals #Chickens #Livestock #Birds #Aseel #DrArshad #Punjab #PunjabPakistan #VetDoctor #VeterinaryDoctor #VetDoc #VeterinaryTreatment #VeterinaryMedicine #VeterinaryVideos #VeterinaryMedicineTips #VeterinaryDoctorTreatment #VeterinaryOperation #VetArshad #VeterinaryDoctor #DrVetClinic #VeterinaryClinicWork #ChickenFarming2025 #PoultryFarming2025