When I first put the brush piles in the run, my DH fussed and fussed, and thought I'd lost it. He now acknowledges that they were a pretty good idea (better than the idea of leaving the 2 big ones out in the field for shelter for critters ... ) They provide a semi-sheltered place to hang...
I lost a BO hen last summer during our record-setting stretch of long, humid days. It was miserably humid, and I knew the chickens were suffering from it as much as we were. I made 2 small brush piles in the run, and sprayed down the soil underneath the brush piles and under the big shade...
don't put her in a cage by the AC if she's still damp; she might get TOO chilled. Let her stay in the house with you guys; maybe put her on a towel in the bathtub where she can get off the towel and onto the cool surface of the tub, or on a tile/lineoleum floor surface. I hope she makes a full...