Help for the heat

[PHILMAN]

Well Jersey coop ,
I got one or should I say two ! I put it up and the chickens........ ARE CHICKENS ! they wont go near that thing yet . I'm sure they will once they realize how good it feels. That thing does works perfect ! I too now swear by it .

Thanks again,

PHILMAN

 

[hennyannie]

I am gonna go get one for the hens and my horses!
Thank you for posting!

 

[Jerseycoop]

That's great to hear! It only took my girls a half a day to stop fearing it..lol they too were a bunch of chickens

now they go to it in groups

 

[PHILMAN]

cool cant wait !

 

[BoltonChicken]

I put it up and the chickens........ ARE CHICKENS ! they wont go near that thing yet .

AND you can save your money. Misters are useless in areas of high humidity, say over 50%. In the desert southwest of the U.S. they can be of benefit. Evaporation of water off of chicken feathers has NO cooling effect on the chicken whatsoever. Their heat is held in UNDERNEATH their feathers, which is why you see all birds (not just chickens) holding out their wings in hot weather, which releases heat from underneath the feathers. The chicks are attracted to the mist in the air though as they are curious about everything. Water in the air! Neat! Another negative is that the mist can get the run/coop floor wet and keep it that way, which is a terrific way to grow bacteria.

Where I live the summer temps seem to be always over 100 degrees and the humidity over 70 percent. Commercial chicken growers here stack the birds 1 to the square foot and keep them alive and healthy using NO misters at all. They do this with lots of big fans which blow the heat away. Fans WILL help cool chickens. Couple that with shade, dirt and water, and chickens can survive almost any heat here in the U.S.

Save your money with the misters, unless of course it makes you feel good about yourself.

 

[PHILMAN]

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AND you can save your money. Misters are useless in areas of high humidity, say over 50%. In the desert southwest of the U.S. they can be of benefit. Evaporation of water off of chicken feathers has NO cooling effect on the chicken whatsoever. Their heat is held in UNDERNEATH their feathers, which is why you see all birds (not just chickens) holding out their wings in hot weather, which releases heat from underneath the feathers. The chicks are attracted to the mist in the air though as they are curious about everything. Water in the air! Neat! Another negative is that the mist can get the run/coop floor wet and keep it that way, which is a terrific way to grow bacteria.

Where I live the summer temps seem to be always over 100 degrees and the humidity over 70 percent. Commercial chicken growers here stack the birds 1 to the square foot and keep them alive and healthy using NO misters at all. They do this with lots of big fans which blow the heat away. Fans WILL help cool chickens. Couple that with shade, dirt and water, and chickens can survive almost any heat here in the U.S.

Save your money with the misters, unless of course it makes you feel good about yourself.

Hey thats pretty good facts ! THanks ! .... so i have two misters that I can use for myself , wife and kids !!

 

[Jerseycoop]

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AND you can save your money. Misters are useless in areas of high humidity, say over 50%. In the desert southwest of the U.S. they can be of benefit. Evaporation of water off of chicken feathers has NO cooling effect on the chicken whatsoever. Their heat is held in UNDERNEATH their feathers, which is why you see all birds (not just chickens) holding out their wings in hot weather, which releases heat from underneath the feathers. The chicks are attracted to the mist in the air though as they are curious about everything. Water in the air! Neat! Another negative is that the mist can get the run/coop floor wet and keep it that way, which is a terrific way to grow bacteria.

Where I live the summer temps seem to be always over 100 degrees and the humidity over 70 percent. Commercial chicken growers here stack the birds 1 to the square foot and keep them alive and healthy using NO misters at all. They do this with lots of big fans which blow the heat away. Fans WILL help cool chickens. Couple that with shade, dirt and water, and chickens can survive almost any heat here in the U.S.

Save your money with the misters, unless of course it makes you feel good about yourself.

Thanks for your knowledge! I use the mistand 10am-3pm range 30 minutes on then off for about hour on days over 90. It really helps to cool down the sand and my girls do seem to enjoy it. I can't see how it's any different from rain raining down a fine shower for 30 minutes on the run. The sand in the run here dries within the hour! It's been 103 without the heat index. I have a fan running in the coop for the evening to move the air about. I also rake my run every morning and late afternoon to move the sand. In my experience I think the mistand works well for the run under the sun and the fan works well in the coop