I need help

[Happy Novogens]

I have a few that will stand in the cool kiddie pool. But most of them won't. They drink from it so I'm sure that's helping a ton though.

Do you have blocks in there for them to stand on?

 

[Happy Novogens]

So here's the follow up pictures to my prior post.

Misters... (I have them on a timer. Usually I don't put them on until it gets closer to 100. That's deliberate so they acclimate to the heat when it's just in the 90s. I figured that will make it easier for them when it really gets hot.)

Cool pool for when it's really hot. Blocks encourage them to stand in there. The water is just above the level of the larger blocks.

Ice water with blueberries (and/or chia seed) to cool their waddles. (First photo was their very first time with just the chia seeds. They were leery at first.)

If it's really hot, another thing I do that I forgot to mention earlier is just to hose down an area within their run. That really helps cool that area and they love to go scratch in it and lay down on it.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Do you have blocks in there for them to stand on?

Yes

 

[Happy Novogens]

Yes

Guess you can lead a horse to water....

 

[Mamatomany123]

So here's the follow up pictures to my prior post.

Misters... (I have them on a timer. Usually I don't put them on until it gets closer to 100. That's deliberate so they acclimate to the heat when it's just in the 90s. I figured that will make it easier for them when it really gets hot.)
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Cool pool for when it's really hot. Blocks encourage them to stand in there. The water is just above the level of the larger blocks.
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Ice water with blueberries (and/or chia seed) to cool their waddles. (First photo was their very first time with just the chia seeds. They were leery at first.)
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If it's really hot, another thing I do that I forgot to mention earlier is just to hose down an area within their run. That really helps cool that area and they love to go scratch in it and lay down on it.

Oh, yes, I hose down the run, especially the shaded area.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Guess you can lead a horse to water....

I put them in there and they scream like I'm trying to kill them

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I’m in Michigan but it’s hot by our standards, too. I put a layer of ice cubes under 3-4 inches of dirt (in shade) in their dust bath tire when I see most hens going to lay. (They take dust bath after laying) Yes, they get dirty, but my heavier birds seem to flock to it.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I have 40 hens and no basement. They'd have to be in my house

 

[Mamatomany123]

Exactly