Another Floridian here! On top of shade and frozen treats, I'll sometimes run a hose in the yard so they can walk through the puddles and get their feet wet.
Thank you, I may have to look into that. I know summer isn't the greatest time to get fertile eggs, but we're starting up our chicken farm again and I'm so anxious to hatch, lol!
When we were in chickens a few years ago, we sold through Craigslist all the time. (Getting back into chickens in the next few months, can't wait!! I love to hatch!!) We wouldn't let people come after dark and my husband was always there with me when people came out. We never had any issues.
Oh wow, this was so long ago and I was obviously still new to chickens, lol! They ended up being a male and a female. The rooster was from the devil!! Meanest rooster we ever had. He would go into attack mode the instant he saw a human.