Keeping the Girls Cool in 90s & 100s temperature...?

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analyticalblonde said:
Thank you Peepsi...I can see you understand our environment and I do believe that Shadrack has the best in their hearts to help with their knowledge and advice...I take and use what I can and greatly appreciate having you and everyone here for the help!!! :)
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Oh, I know he meant well and was giving good advice, but I had to chuckle at his verdant, lush green pictures. Haha, we have NONE of that where we live! I can only wish Utah looked like that. ;)
 
What we do have is trees and a particular type of tree called the Holme Oak which is an ever green oak on this mountain. This tree provides excellent shade all year round.
Part of chicken keeping must surely be providing an environment in which they can thrive.

I don't wish to appear rude but this it's all different in America up here in the desert really needs some education about what it's like in the rest of the world.;)
If one was to be particularly brutal in commenting then my comment would be if the climate is so arid and hot and nothing will grow to provided shade then I can't help questioning the wisdom of keeping chickens in the first place.
One doesn't for example extreme though it is try to keep polar bears in a desert.
A bit further South is a country called Morocco. It gets hot there and they have a lot of desert. They keep chickens. They were keeping chickens before America was invented.;)
The villages tend to let the chickens shelter in the clay built houses that keep very cool due to their construction. They also build funny looking domes out of clay with multiple entrances that allow the breeze to blow through.
Electricity if supplied at all, is problematical and expensive, so misting systems, fans, air conditioning aren't really options.
It is worth bearing in mind before making any patronizing comments that other countries have been keeping chickens for a very very long time compared to the US and may just know something about the subject.
 
A used power vent was given to me by a friend when he had his house re-roofed. I kept it for several years until I figured out a good way to install it on my chicken house. This year being as hot as it is, I decided to install it. It has an adjustable thermostat and a plug-in cord already on it. Once I got it installed and found the right temp on the thermostat that my girls seem to like the best, it works great for them.
 
hispoptart said:
This heat is just crazy. We've already had a few small fires in our area do to dry lightening strikes. The misters I have are old garden misters and I set them up but they had the ground quite saturated with in 5 mins. So those are not going to work. I'm looking at getting the one you bought. It has so really good reviews. How long was it before the ground started to get wet?
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Hi hispoptart!

Yesterday, I had the mister on from 3PM to 5:30PM...the area that my mister is pointing gets a little wet after about 30 minutes and is wet by about an hour. After I've run it for the 2 to 2/12 hours, the area is very wet but I know that today when I start it up again, the layer of straw I've laid down in the run will be dry but the ground under it will be slightly damp which is good for the girls because they scratch the straw up and nestle down on the ground because it is cooler.
 

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