MJ's little flock

[BY Bob]

You've stirred up this memory Lozzy

An old one, but a very good one

Way to go @LozzyR

 

[MaryJanet]

So funny to hear 33C described as "warm!" That is the hottest temperature I have ever experienced and it was boiling hot !
Today's temperature here: -10C/14F.

Wow! My hottest was 46C/114.8F. The hens survived it really well thanks to the misting system I put up for them.

But the coldest I've ever experienced was around -2C so I would not cope at all with -10.

The good thing is that it's almost never humid where I live. I was once in the UK when then humidity was very high at 28C and I thought I would fall apart, and I just couldn't get my head around 28C being a problem! I'm a tough cookie, used to temps much, much higher but the humidity made that day almost debilitating.

 

[MaryJanet]

That is wonderful. I love that she is making the new hens feel welcome.

It was very sweet. They were chatting back and forth about something or other

 

[BY Bob]

It was very sweet. They were chatting back and forth about something or other

Probably comparing humans.

 

[LozzyR]

Wow! My hottest was 46C/114.8F. The hens survived it really well thanks to the misting system I put up for them.

But the coldest I've ever experienced was around -2C so I would not cope at all with -10.

The good thing is that it's almost never humid where I live. I was once in the UK when then humidity was very high at 28C and I thought I would fall apart, and I just couldn't get my head around 28C being a problem! I'm a tough cookie, used to temps much, much higher but the humidity made that day almost debilitating.

I grew up in Canberra and it got down to -6C (21.2F) mid-winter, which was pretty chilly. When I lived in the UK, I had to laugh when 27C (80.6F) was described as ‘sweltering’. Of course, the Brits got their own back by keeping their office buildings at 20C (68F) when Aussies were used to 23C (73.4F)!

 

[RoyalChick]

It's been warm today. 33 (91.4) and Mary was panting when I got home.

Tomorrow will be cooler, but I'd better get myself over to Bunnings and set up a misting system before the heat really sets in.

I thought you already had a misting system. I feel like I learned that such a thing existed from you originally.

 

[MaryJanet]

I thought you already had a misting system. I feel like I learned that such a thing existed from you originally.

I do! It's in the big coop but the funrun doesn't have one yet.and these days the hens are in the habit of spending their days in the run.

 

[MaryJanet]

I grew up in Canberra and it got down to -6C (21.2F) mid-winter, which was pretty chilly. When I lived in the UK, I had to laugh when 27C (80.6F) was described as ‘sweltering’. Of course, the Brits got their own back by keeping their office buildings at 20C (68F) when Aussies were used to 23C (73.4F)!

Those Brits! I used an office in a building with no AC at all! Open the window they said Rightio. I'll open it. Made NO discernible difference.

 

[Lexicon]

Those Brits! I used an office in a building with no AC at all! Open the window they said Rightio. I'll open it. Made NO discernible difference.

I guess that's the difference. We are set up for cold, well insulated homes, wood stoves, plug-ins for vehicles, but no one has air conditioning.
I would consider 27C sweltering too!

 

[LozzyR]

I guess that's the difference. We are set up for cold, well insulated homes, wood stoves, plug-ins for vehicles, but no one has air conditioning.
I would consider 27C sweltering too!

If it's 27C and super-humid, that's pretty yuck. If it's a dry heat it's pleasant. I find these days I get knocked around pretty badly by humidity.