desert heat

  1. H

    Need Advice for Raising Chicks in Hot, Dry Climate

    I live in southeastern NM and I currently have four chicks that are about three weeks old. We bought them when they were approximately one week old. Since temperatures here are ranging from 90-105 during the day we normally have the AC on in our house. Therefore, we decided to keep our chick...
  2. H

    New Member: Raising Chickens in the NM Desert!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I grew up with chickens. Many of my childhood memories revolve around our chickens and raising chicks from our own flock. Now, I finally have a home of my own and a few weeks ago we decided we were ready to buy some chicks from our...
  3. PITSNPEEPS

    What is the best roof for a coop/run in the desert?

    I am finally going to start building my new coop/run for my small flock of bantam hens and am looking for some advice on the roof. I have designed a walk-in shed style coop/run that will be about 10 feet wide by 14 feet long by 6 feet tall at the lowest roof point and the entire structure will...
  4. maranda

    protecting the flock in desert heat

    Hi friends:) I have 6 young girls right now and we are trying to figure out the best way to build a coop/ run to protect them in the palm desert heat. We have a prefab coop set up now, but are purchasing a 10 ×10 dog run to give them more space. We are not sure what to use as roofing...would...
  5. black_dove2

    Why I don't feed frozen treats or water

    I lived in SoCal desert, Coachella Valley to be exact. The temperature fluctuates, but remains way above 105. Like right now we are experiencing a heat wave with temperatures 115 and up. My hens, Danish Brown and Rhode Island Red approximately 25 weeks now have been handling it well. About the...
  6. igorsMistress

    Open front coop done, chicken yard in progress

    Coop is 6x12. Nest boxes and roost are going in today. Open front faces south. The roof is white corrugated roofing over plywood. It's up on blocks so the wood doesn't rot with deep litter. Theres 1/4" hardware cloth over vents and 1/2" across the front. Not sure if I should paint the interior...
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