Meet my new hens

[african chickens]

As do I... perhaps Sapphire is a mix between a RiR and cream legbar? It's the little bump-it do that's throwing me.

I've posted looking for breed help for her in a different thread. It's been decided she is most likely a cream legbar derived EE or OE.

 

[Callender Girl]

With regard to fans in the summer, I have purchased a few small, batter-operated camping.

I hang those in a couple of the coops that I think need more ventilation, but I don't use fans in most of my coops. Earlier this year, the temps were in the high 90s with heat indices in triple digits, and everyone was okay.

I open the coop windows as much as possible, and they are all under shade trees. Plus, I keep water dishes filled and drop ice cubes into the water, as well as giving "cooling" treats like chilled watermelon.