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I put fans in my coop and a baby pool with a little water and ice. Sometimes I turn on a sprinkler when they free roam, they love that! Hope this helps. Good luck.

I've got a small pool in my pen and I put a half bucket (mop) of ice and a full bucket of water in it. My chickens get in and cool off throughout the day. I also add ice to their waterer. Seems to be working well in this 100 degree heat!

Can't wait to see the pics and thanks for the 411 on the hen. I have had a lot of chickens and never saw a hen act like this. And when you said "chest bumping" I said that's it! It never last long and there's no blood shed so I guess she is just trying to prove something.

Is it common for hens to fight? I know they assume a pecking order but I have one that flares up(like a rooster) to the other hens. Never saw this behavior in a hen before? Has anyone else?

Hoping to get started on my addition to my pen this wknd! Can't wait to see what they do when I put the window a/c in!!

I live in the Kiln. Guess that's about an hour from you? I too have a fan in my coop. It def helps! And I put a small pool in there with water and I put ice in it. Also have one on wood line with sand and water for when they are out. My coop has a green tin roof but I'm going to paint it white...

Where in Ms are you? I too am very familiar with the Ms heat! It has been crazy hot and today they're expecting a 110 heat index!! I'm so tempted to enclose one side of my pen and put in a window a/c!!

I I live outside of New Orleans so it gets hot and humid here.    My husband put a ceiling fan in their coop that I turn on at night and I leave the window open.  It has a screen to keep out bugs.  And their yard is nothing but shade trees.   We talked about getting a wade pool also if we need...