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I live in Idaho and our temps have been running really hot this week yesterday was 110 and my poor hens we so hot they have loads of shade here too but I just also put out gal jugs of water that were frozen and tipped over so when they thawed the water would drain into a pan they love it .... they walk in it and stand in it and drink the water too I keep one in the hen house and one under it you might try it can't hurt.
I love your ideas! I'm going to try them this weekend, it's been hot hot as hell!
 
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I turned one of those big black rubber feeding dishes into a wading pool.
It's about 5 inches deep.
My Dixie Rainbow hens absolutely love it.
 
I'm in the Hill Country of Texas and it's getting into 99° here with the heat index well above 105°. Well the girls have stopped laying. I've added ice to their drinking water, given them chilled watermelon, blue berries in ice cubes and mud puddles in their run.....still no eggs. I've learned some more wonderful ideas on here. Going out to get a misting hose and add a wading pool. Next will be fans. Thanks ya'll
 
I'm in the Hill Country of Texas and it's getting into 99° here with the heat index well above 105°. Well the girls have stopped laying. I've added ice to their drinking water, given them chilled watermelon, blue berries in ice cubes and mud puddles in their run.....still no eggs. I've learned some more wonderful ideas on here. Going out to get a misting hose and add a wading pool. Next will be fans. Thanks ya'll
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.
 
Hi friends I just wanted to hear some ideas on how you keep your chickens cool in summer. I live in a very warm area of California. It gets over 100 most of the summer. We kept this in mind when building our chicken run and built there run under a huge shade tree. The run also has a roof so chickens are not directly in the sun. In fact there area is all shaded. I'm still worried about keeping them cool. I have been taking water and wetting each one so they don't become over heated. Does anyone else have any better ideas on how to keep them cool? I was thinking of a misting hose to mist water what do you all think of that? Any more ideas are appreciated. Thanks for reading
I bought a mister coil on Amazon for 17$, hooks up to a garden hose...they love it.
 
Well ya'll....I've put frozen water bottles in their waters everyday and added electrolytes and BOOM, I have eggs!!! Still keeping up with the cool treats and wading pool but I truly believe the constant cold water is what helped!!
 
My girls love their fan in the coops at night, regardless of whether or not it cools because they don’t sweat. They all clamor to sit right in front of it. The fluff up their feathers and coo.
 

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