We just lost our all time favorite hen yesterday (in my avatar). I know there are other threads on heat, but given this heat wave many of us are experiencing, I thought I would put this out asking what do you do for your flock?
We let them free range risking any predators (though I am not sure they are moving around in this) in order to let them find nice cool spots on their own. Yesterday I sprayed down their favorite afternoon spot to make the grass and dirt damp, and of course we have water in lots of spots. I have a short water trough that the dogs use to cool off that I will use as an emergency dunk tank if needed.
What do you do?
We let them free range risking any predators (though I am not sure they are moving around in this) in order to let them find nice cool spots on their own. Yesterday I sprayed down their favorite afternoon spot to make the grass and dirt damp, and of course we have water in lots of spots. I have a short water trough that the dogs use to cool off that I will use as an emergency dunk tank if needed.
What do you do?