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  1. Ballerina Bird

    Best ways to keep your chickens cool during the summer?

    LOL! Hilarious; love the image of her running under the hose. The things that I didn't know about birds before I got chickens could fill several books at this point.
  2. Ballerina Bird

    Best ways to keep your chickens cool during the summer?

    Thanks; that is a really good idea. I will give it a try. Today they are acting like the watermelon rinds I gave them will explode if they get too near them. Sigh. Blooie, LOL re the chicken shower!
  3. Ballerina Bird

    Best ways to keep your chickens cool during the summer?

    I wish I could get my hens to go in the water! It would be so cute. I actually bought them a wading pool to give it a try, but they were just terrified of it. How did you acclimate yours to it? Or did she take to it right away?
  4. Ballerina Bird

    Best ways to keep your chickens cool during the summer?

    I have a mister, too, and so far I like that solution (in a dry climate). It's a tube with nozzles strung along the roof of the run, so the girls aren't aware of it as a strange object. It was 107 today, and I ran it from 3-6, and at 6, when it was super hot, they were cheerful with no panting...
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