"Florida HEAT and HUMIDITY Ready Coop!"

[CitrusMan]

Getting ready for this summer's heat! Got the solar exhaust installed along with two small windows. Now we can see in and the girls can see out while giving them some more ventilation. I also started spray foaming the underside of the metal roofing as well as putting two coats of 80% solar resistant weather barrier white paint on the top side. This afternoon, it was actually cooler inside the coop than it was outside. Shade cloth is also up on the south side of the run. Keeps out the heat while letting the breeze through. Going to install some half inch PVC with misters on a timer and a small 12 volt DC ceiling fan in the run that I'm going to run off of a solar panel as well. Not trying to lose any of these girls to the summer heat!

Here's a fun link to a short video of the girls "training" for some Chicken BINGO next weekend!!

 

[aart]

Mister might not be efficient in a humid environment.

 

[CitrusMan]

Mister might not be efficient in a humid environment.

I'm thinking to wet the ground in the run and hoping that and the small ceiling fan will help evaporation.

 

[aart]

You'll have to try it and see if it looks like it's helping their comfort levels,
and/or feels like it's cooling the air at all.
IME when it's already beyond a certain humidity percentage and/or temperature, evaporation just feels more humid, even with our large expanse of exposed skin.

 

[CitrusMan]

You'll have to try it and see if it looks like it's helping their comfort levels,
and/or feels like it's cooling the air at all.
IME when it's already beyond a certain humidity percentage and/or temperature, evaporation just feels more humid, even with our large expanse of exposed skin.

You thinking just the fan?

 

[CitrusMan]

You'll have to try it and see if it looks like it's helping their comfort levels,
and/or feels like it's cooling the air at all.
IME when it's already beyond a certain humidity percentage and/or temperature, evaporation just feels more humid, even with our large expanse of exposed skin.

If anything, I can put half round sprinkler heads over the run and turn them on for a few minutes every hour with the timer to cool the top of the metal.

 

[aart]

It's hard to think about cooling off birds, the things that cool us don't necessarily work for them. Again, our large bare skin surface sweating(or misted) then cooled by evaporation(fan or breeze) doesn't directly transfer to our feathered charges real well.

Deep shade, ideally all day shade, where they can dig down to cooler earth is the best....moistening that soil can help. Frozen bottles of water they can lay on or next to works pretty well.

You'll have to do what you can, see how they react, and adjust when necessary.