Cool Summer ideas. How to keep your chickens cool this summer.

[KaylorFarms]

I'm in Texas and I have 10 chickens. Hoping they all survive the heat this summer! We had one die last year from the heat. Last year I put up a little hose across the fence that would spray misty water and that kept them cool. Does anyone else have ideas? Just curious what you all do.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Cold things like watermelon and popsicles are good for them.

 

[Kiki]

Old milk gallon size jugs...filled about 2 inches from the top.
Freeze them.
Place them in the coop or run...so they can lean up against them to cool off.

 

[KaylorFarms]

Yeah! Now i'm well prepared to beat the heat!

 

[seniorcit]

I'm in Fl & it's already into the 90's. I have an old box fan & I turn it on, about 5' from the coop, & it provides air movement for them.

 

[KaylorFarms]

Oooo.. Popsicles sound good! Or also put a old towel over a block of ice and they could lay on that

 

[Kiki]

frozen peas

 

[KaylorFarms]

Here it gets like like 110 degrees in the summer. How hot does it get where all of you are?

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Usuallly in summer it gets around 90s and 80s.It has gotten to 110,but lots of time it stays in the 90s and on occasion might n above a hundred.

 

[KaylorFarms]

Last year we had a really bad summer.