My Chicken Misting Project - Is it ok for them to be wet?

[PirateFarms]

I have misters on my girls in 118 degree in AZ and they seem to enjoy it. They also have a pool

 

[Dlgoodman]

Ok - I have been reading all about using misters on the boards and some people say that in Texas with humidity they wont work. Well my girls were HOT and panting and i was starting to worry. I have a fan in the window of the coop and another one under the coop where they like to hang out. I also put frozen jugs of water under the coop in the front of the fan.....still panting. So Even though the coop and run are under trees, there was still a sprinkling of sun coming through. DH and I decided to cover the top of the run with shade cloth, the difference was pretty amazing, at least 1o degrees cooler.

Well we had to go to the Lowes (almost as dangerous as the feed store), and I saw the misting systems. We talked about it and decided why not, so we bought it. It is the plastic tubing kind and we zip tied it to the top of the run (6 ft dog kennel panels). After they got over thinking the sky was dropping killer mist on them they love it. NO PANTING TODAY and it was 99 with heat index of 103.


But my question to all you veterans out there.....
When I went out this afternoon after the misters had been on for 4 hours, they were all wet. Not soaking wet but you could see beads of water on their feathers. Is this a problem? Since it is so hot and only going to get hotter, I would think they would like to be wet but I worry they might get sick from being wet every day.

This is the one we got:
http://www.orbitonline.com/products/Kits/04/04/10/114/

So we have 4 chickens not supposed to(hoa)lol! 5 years, new batch this year! I have a stand up fan with misters zip tied on ,It was for me when I lay out! They have run of the side house and a very nice coop aswell as outside shelter .we have sunshades to. They LOVE the misters,they can go where its dry if they want. FYI ....WE ARE IN ST GEORGE UT. 108° today! Low at 6am is 73° Fyi you can freeze there scratch to cool them, also watermelon , strawberrys broccoli, Califlower!! They love it!!
Hope that was helpful.

 

[Kookiecat123]

I went out and got some pics this evening right before I turned off the misters for the day. I normally turn them on around noon and off between 6-7pm. All you Texas chicken keepers out there, dont be afraid to try them. So far the girls love it and I have had no panters for 2 days. If they want to get out of it they can go inside (where there is a fan in the window) or under the coop (also a fan).

Hope this helps out someone else. We shall see what it is like when the humidity picks up but I still bet it helps.

It helped me!I literally just got misters for my coop,wasn’t sure about them now I know to use them!-Texas girl too!I e in the water for them to stand in and a fan,yet still the panting worries me,so…going to set up the misters after reading your comments!Appreciate it!