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Yep, temps here in south Texas don't go down much during the night, we are still in the low 80's at that time, plus adding the radiant heat that comes down throughout the night from the roofs in the coops it's just too much. I have fans in all my coops that work all day and night since they are...

I also spray some cool water from the garden hose in the hot afternoons in the areas where they dust bathe. They seem to enjoy the cool sand. I liked your idea on terracotta platters, they keep the water cool longer than the usual waterers, besides there might be some brave ones that would get...

I have sand in my runs so I make it damp with a watering can (the one that is used for watering plants) this way the water is evenly distributed on top of the sand, not too much as to make it muddy but wet enough to cool them down. My chickens love to bathe on it, I use the coolest water i can get.