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Hi from Paso Robles, Yes, we understand the summer heat. It was 103 here today. We find that a shade cloth does help, we also wet the ground. They will dig and lay in the cool dirt. We also may add ice to their water container and we usually have something from the garden that contains a lot...

We're always here if you need help, with coop and yard design etc. Farm Supply only has chicks from March to June. If you start in October you will probably need to find poulets or laying hens as our nights start to get cold and these older birds would do better through the fall/winter

We moved to Paso about 2 1/2 years ago. We raised our hens from a day old. A couple of things to watch up here. It can get really hot in the summer 115 degrees, so you need lots of shade, but it can get cold in winter 16 degrees, so trees that lose their leaves are great winter sun and shade...

We bought our chicks from Farm Supply in Paso in April 2012. We are really happy with them. We started with 15 chicks; 4 Buffs, 5 Australorps, 3 silver and 3 Golden Wyandottes. They ended up being all hens and started laying in September. We got an average of 12 eggs a day. They have slowed...