Managing Heat Stress

[Hipshot]

Cold watermelon, when in season. Ice, cold water, and shade. I've had a fan in my coop at times too.
My coop has shade, some roof insulation, and a mature spruce 'hedge' next to it. It's always a bit cooler under the spruces in the 'forest duff', and the flock spends a lot of time there. Some of the birds run to the pole barn every day, and it's also cooler a shaded there.
Mary

#Does a fan help since chickens don’t sweat?

 

[BiddyBiddy]

#Does a fan help since chickens don’t sweat?

I have a fan in a covered area of my run and my chickens love it! They all congregate in front of it during the hottest part of the day (reaching the high 90’s here in NC) and preen and take naps.