Thanks! If you enjoy that view, please feel free to take my Virtual Coop Tour (scroll the bottom to cut to the chase and see what my chicken compound looks like today!)
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/05/virtual-tour-de-coop.html
It's easy and inexpensive to make your own elctrolyte solution at home! Here's the recipe:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/07/chicken-heat-stress-dehydration-and.html
gale65, you may wish to consider adding electrolytes to their water because if they look hot and stressed they probably are. Here is a simple recipe for electrolytes using common items in your pantry:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/07/chicken-heat-stress-dehydration-and.html
You're welcome, Stephanie. But sprinklers are much different from misters and will not have the same cooling effect on the surrounding air due to the size of the water droplets. Misters work by 'flash evaporation,' sprinklers essentially throw the water to get the ground wet.
I keep a five gallon bucket near my coops for dunking purposes. It sounds like your chickens are in good shape, keep up the good work and I hope the heat breaks for you very soon!
Stephanie, it sounds like you're doing lots of things help them out, which is great. Providing shade and fresh water are the two most critical things you can do. There are lots of others though and you can read about many of them in this link...
You clearly are missing the point and it's no use trying to assist you in seeing the illogic in your position. And the word is "meet," their energy needs, not "meat." Meat is a type of protein. Be sure not to over-feed your chickens meat or scratch.
I, for one, am certainly relieved to have...
First, Chris, nobody suggested 'over-feeding' chickens protein at any time of the year. I have no idea why you twisted the information provided to argue a point that was never even made but I suspect it was for the purpose of arguing something.
As for your rude, rhetorial question, my...