How do you help chickens beat the heat in summer

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Thank you all for all the great suggestions. I just wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to help them be as comfortable as they can be. The misting hose will be here Sunday and I'm hoping that will really help during the day
 
IamRainey said:
In my opinion access to water, shade and airflow are the most important things. Sounds like you've got the shade part covered. My neighbors cut down a huge tree that was a good part of my flock's shade. I had to add a generous, double layer shade cloth overhang but that did the trick.

Second thing I do for them is have fans supplementing the airflow in the run. My run is about 8' x 14'. I have one box fan on a short side and two on one of the long sides so that there's a strong air current they can choose to expose themselves to or avoid.

When it goes much above the triple digits I bring in 5# blocks of ice. Five pounds can hold up fairly well through the worst part of the day here in SoCal. Fortunately, when the sun goes down our temps drop very quickly.

If I were smarter I would have chosen heat resistant breeds. Prob is, now that I know that's what I should be doing, I still don't care for how they look. I'm struggling with that.
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Do you have a large deep freeze?
 
snyderba3 said:
No but I looked on line to buy one today and they are sold out every where, I will keep trying. Surely they will be back in stock soon. Dang covid 19!!
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Yeah, we ordered one a few months back, but standing was all that we could get.

Large family and everyone here 24/7, we had to get one ASAP.

I’m going to try to rearrange that one and see if I can get a few jugs in there.
 
Molly Mojo said:
Yeah, we ordered one a few months back, but standing was all that we could get.

Large family and everyone here 24/7, we had to get one ASAP.

I’m going to try to rearrange that one and see if I can get a few jugs in there.
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An upright freezer is what I'm looking for I hate to try to dig to the bottom for stuff lol I just wanna open the door and see what's in there
 
snyderba3 said:
An upright freezer is what I'm looking for I hate to try to dig to the bottom for stuff lol I just wanna open the door and see what's in there
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It is good to always keep ice in the freezer to keep it full, it will use less electricity and if/when the power goes out the ice helps keep it cold. I sure do miss the big chest freezer I used to have. No basement here. I would have to keep one in the hot garage.:(
 
Parront said:
It is good to always keep ice in the freezer to keep it full, it will use less electricity and if/when the power goes out the ice helps keep it cold. I sure do miss the big chest freezer I used to have. No basement here. I would have to keep one in the hot garage.:(
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No basements here either. I'm from the north originally and miss having a full basement...or any basement for that matter 🙄
 

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