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This year summer has not been that bad here, but last year was blistering. (Eastern WA state). I have found that those mister hoses that you can get at Home Depot are life-savers. I string them up in the big spruce tree that the chickens like to get under. It brings the temp down 20 whole...

Greetings from Eastern Washington. Glad you revived this thread as it's getting hot out! I like the trough idea. I have large blue spruces with boughs that go to the ground. This is where my birds hang out. I threaded mister hoses through the branches and it's amazing how much cooler it is...

I think I posted this last summer, but I'll post it again. My chickens hang out under my huge spruce trees, which I de-limbed underneath so there's plenty of room and shade. I put one of those misting hoses that you can get from Home Depot strung from the branches under there about six feet up...

Hi, there. I might have posted this somewhere else, but we were having temps of 100. My girls hang out under two big spruce trees when it gets hot. I wet down the entire area under there (your mud idea). But the best thing I've found -- it lowers the temp by almost 20 degrees under there -- is...

Yeah, I have a Y connector on the one that's on the house, found that wasn't enough, so now I have a 4-way splitter. Can run the misters, a sprinkler for the yard, one for the ducks, and an extra hose with a sprayer on it in case of emergency or just to wet down an area.

Wow. It gets hot here in Eastern WA state. It's been over 90 for about 5 days, and is now near 100 or 100+ for the next week. The best investment I ever made to help my chickens was 20 foot long misting hoses. I got two, and hung them in the big spruce trees that they hang out under. It's...