Recent content by jrstrickland26

Thanks, all! Unfortunately, its too late to choose heat tolerant breeds as I already have my chickens, haha. With the misters....it is also very, very humid here, would the misting still help or will that make them just wet and miserable? Also, when I said they have access to shade I guess I...

I have 4 hens, all laying regularly (until today). We live in the south and we have had heat indexes over 100 degrees for over a week now. My girls have access to shade, 2 waterers with nipples that until the heat have been fine for them, plenty of food and free ranging for a few evening...