Impromptu chicken owning = random making of chicken home

[hispoptart]

Awww they are so cute. You did great with the limited time you had to get them set up. You will fall in love with them very quickly. Feed them cold or frozen fruits like watermelon on hot days, they will love you for that. As posted above, see if there's a way you can add more ventilation for the coop to help keep them cool. Chickens hate heat way more then the cold. Coldest here has been -9 and we have no heat for them. They do just fine. If the get over heated they will pant kinda like a dog. Mine also love cold peas as a treat in the summer. Congrats and

 

[claudicles]

Another thing you can do in the heat is freeze bottles of water and lay them around, particularly where they dust bathe. You've got a nicely shaded yard too. that will help. My chooks are out in the paddock away from trees so i am growing climbers over their run. It is a slow process, what with the chooks helping with pruning and all