Posts by nimblytripping

Yay!!I hope you are right and they have taken this "solution in search of a problem" off the slate! My emails went out this morning, just in case...

Quote:Originally Posted by CHIC Im also having a hard time thinkin of a place to keep them. I want them somewhere easily accessable to me. But completely not accessable to my 3 and 4 year olds and the German ShepardA big box in the...

They need enough room to get under the heat if they want to and get away from it if it gets too hot. If they are bunched up under the light, they are cold. If they are laying around in the corners (like my first ones were!) looking hot,...

Heelers&Chickens_OhMy :My chickens do not have AC, a 'wading pool' or other fancy things.They are outside in a completely open run with extra shade (old boards) on top.  They have 2 different water sources, a durabilt nesting...

Quote:Originally Posted by LareePQG WELL- the DH wants to put in a solar fan (with fancy, high-tech electronic temperature limit switches) so...the chicks will stay inside for now.I'm going to repeat myself here, but it's 254 pages...

I decided a year ago to stay out of the mister discussion because I suspect if I didn't have HUGE shade trees I would be misting away like crazy!Something Tonopah Pati said reminded me of something I learned with chicks in the heat- a...

Coop will have shade, water, fan, maybe mister, but isnt it still to freaking hot?I can't believe how huge this thread has gotten! I was posting that I thought misters weren't necessary 120 pages ago...  But I do have mature trees,...

Mine live with citrus and they don't eat the leaves. I was more concerned about the neighbors Oleandars hanging over the fence but they don't eat those leaves either.

I am surprised you could even find peeps for sale when it's this hot, I vote definitely for the bigger chickens.How are everybodys chickens? Maybe we can have a little "update" post...My three are fine, they are getting fat...

Sorry for the double post, but this link in the Gender/Breed BYC Forum has GREAT pictures that show how to tell the sex of your chickens... Mine are all girls! Mesa Feed won't end up with a rooster on their counter after all!(Hope my...