I am sure they would! I want one in my office sometimes! We use one for the whole house most of the time, I prefer it to the AC. It adds some humidity so it is not the best for during the monsoon season, though. I am fine with a house temp of 80, so far this year we haven't turned on the AC, but we did come close the other day, then we got a ton of rain and it cooled off. Yesterday was the hottest yet this year!
We have fly traps all around the chickens. It really helps, but there are some that refuse to go into the traps!More cool cucumbers for my birds! The only ones who really liked the watermelon were Big Ben and the ants. The ants are still here, and the roo managed to get his feet all sticky when he ate it.
And a new addition--the flies have discovered the chickens! Since I only started with chickens late last fall, they waited until this summer to find the coops.
The temperature is supposed to drop again next Tuesday. That gives us another week of this heat.Fingers crossed for no new fires.
I got some of the fly parasites that @BlueBaby got, I can see that they are hatching out, I hope they work. Of course when we got the big rain and hail last week, they fell down on the ground. Next time I will wire them up and not depend on the little paper hanger on the mesh bags they send you.
More cool cucumbers for my birds! The only ones who really liked the watermelon were Big Ben and the ants. The ants are still here, and the roo managed to get his feet all sticky when he ate it.
And a new addition--the flies have discovered the chickens! Since I only started with chickens late last fall, they waited until this summer to find the coops.
The temperature is supposed to drop again next Tuesday. That gives us another week of this heat.
You can get some of the Permethrin 10 to take care of those ant's. That's what I use to keep them down. I buy the 1 gallon concentrate and mix 2 tsp. per one gallon of water. I have one of those shot glasses that has the measurement's on it that I use for this. Then follow the ant trail back to the hill, and pour it on it and them there.
We have fly traps all around the chickens. It really helps, but there are some that refuse to go into the traps!
My birds will stand on a block of ice in a shallow roasting pan. I get the roasting and broiler pans from the thrift store for ~ $1.00 and freeze water in them then put it out for the chickens. I freeze 1/2 gallon plastic milk cartons and put it in their water bucket, too.
The updates on inciweb are mentioning the dry weather. It's been days since we had rain here. and when I came home a bit ago the smoke line looked much closer. I should probably drive to the base camp and make sure it's not abandoned.
And your roostes and drakes are on their backs.
No ice. just marinade.
Dont misplace that glass.
Drat, we got a few BA for our broody hen earlier this summer. I had heard so many good things about them so I decided to grab the last few.
Great idea’s. When I am out hiking I bring extra water for my long sleeve shirt.
