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    keeping chickens cool in summer heat

    For chickens fans will not help, unless you are actually using them to move cooler air towards them. The cooling effect we get from fans happens because the moving air helps evaporate sweat on our skin. Chickens don’t sweat, so it’s just wind for them, no cooling.
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    keeping chickens cool in summer heat

    That’s the one I use - couldn’t be without it. I turn it on when we get above 92 here. When we had a really crazy heat spell (116!) last summer I took a large concrete mixing tub (just ahuge rugged plastic pan), put a bunch of large pavers in and dumped bags of ice over the whole thing, so the...
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    keeping chickens cool in summer heat

    If your chickens are typical they will probably be afraid of the bottles for a while and avoid them. They workbest for me when I plunk them somewhere where they have to be close, like the nest boxes or a broody crate. The mister is great - it took them a few days to stop avoiding the mist, too...
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    keeping chickens cool in summer heat

    Can anyone recommend a solar powered fan?
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