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  1. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    Flock is enjoying nice, cool, watermelon during a hot Southern California day!
  2. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    In Southern California it gets into 3 digit temps. I drop in small bottles of frozen water into their large self-waterers each morning to keep their water cool, replacing in afternoon as needed. In the heat of the afternoon hours they are supplied with cool, refreshing watermelon, white grapes...
  3. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    I like to use those terracotta saucers that go underneath clay pots (the ones with no holes in the middle). The weight keeps them from tipping over.
  4. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    D Do they actually wade in the pool there? I absolutely LOVE the chicken in the sunglasses!!! You should call her Fancy!! LOLOL Buck, buck!!
  5. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    I am a new chicken Mom too and you sound just like me!! I don't consider my chickens spoiled, just well taken care of....Love your idea of using the iron plant holder as a "net" for the watermelon! I have one of those and it keeps the watermelon from getting all dirty and trampled! GREAT IDEA...
  6. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    I started with ice but it melted so fast that I use the small bottled waters frozen and drop them inside my large waterers. It keeps the water inside the waterers cool all day long!
  7. SuziQ18

    Topic of the Week - Keeping Chickens Cool in Summer

    I have two fans to circulate air, a small stand-up mister in one the corner of their run (which they "flock" too), and drop frozen bottles of water into each of their waterers every morning when I fill them with fresh water to keep the waterers cool throughout the day. I also have heat...
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