Honestly it's not bad! We have pretty bad summers here also. I just keep mister out and keep them cool, but they have trees for shade so they aren't 100% in the sun at all times.
I was after the same coop, and had my hubby draw me up some rough plans. I built this coop. Here is the link.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/connies-coop
OK. So I buy feed from a small place up the road and when I got my babies I took them to the owner who raises chicks, ducks, rabbits etc... He held up the chicks and told me " red is a pullet, black ( at the time) was a cockerel. I showed him more recent pictures yesterday and he told me the...