I also find that making sure they have plenty of dust bathing area helps a lot. The ground, dirt, sand etc stays cool and helps them stay cool as well.
This was my haul from my local Tractor Supply. I'm in the process of building another coop. I plan to go back to get more there and at my local Lowes as well.
I decided to do this when I saw the ridiculous lumber prices now. I simply can't afford them for what I want to build. It does require...
I'm usually pretty good at sexing and have my guesses, but figured I'd ask on these. I keep second guessing myself. The mixes are from my own eggs. I lost my Black and Gold Pavlovskaya rooster, so I had to hatch some of his offspring. I'm not going to breed them so I don't care that they are...
Looks like a lot of great ideas so far. I know your question is about making a profit from your chicken hobby in what sounds like a fairly saturated area and this isn't necessarily from your actual chickens, but kind of, more for chickens. I personally am working on my pure breeds to do like...