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No they don't get covered in mud. My soil has no clay. It's a hard gravelly soil. It doesn't even stick to your shoes when it rains, only the chicken poo sticks, wet or dry. Their pen is on a slight slope. When it rains the poop runs into my garden, that is flat. So every time we get a good rain...

I gave half their pen a good soaking after 10 this morning. We started a heatwave yesterday, expected to last four days. They were soon scratching in the puddles. GC

My girls caught on to the misting after about 15 minutes when it was in the 90s, they hung out under it most of the day. GC

Yes it does. It was mid 90s and humid. I was standing outside the pen near the hose and it felt 20 degrees cooler. It took my girls about 15 minutes to start enjoying it. Before their wings were spread and mouths open. Afterwards they were cool, as you can see in the previous post. GC

If you have a pistol grip nozzle on your hose, you can set it to mist. And after about 15 minutes my girls were enjoying it. GC

I hear yea on the temps. Same swings here in CT, from one day to the next. What's worse is nighttime temps, could be mid 40s or 70F. That determines if I need to run the cooling fan or not. I don't want them to be chilled, nor do I want them to be panting all night. And do I want to put the fan...

I don't know, will have to wait for the answer from naked neck owners. I just couldn't resist. GC

Yeah, but you need to knit them a scarf for the winter.:barnie GC

My girls slowed down last week when we were hot and humid, but didn't stop em. I got 29 from 5 hens, Sunday through Saturday. I usually get 32 to 35. GC

Yeah that'll work.:thumbsup GC

No don't use for water, hens stand on edge and it tips over as water gets lower. I use this, a one gallon galvanized pan. It's wider and more stable. I got it at TSC. My 500 square foot pen has a shade tree in the middle. The coop is in the shade from mid morning on. I also run a fan in coop, if...