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Chickie McChickerson said:
Hey! Thats where I am! I am not looking forward to the triple digits this summer. What have you found to be the best way to keep the your flock cool?
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Yeah, last summer was a doozy! 🥵
Lots and lots of ice 😂 . And shade with ventilation of course! The girls have a wading pool and I set up a redneck AC out of cinder blocks and ice blocks (made a bigger one after the pic was taken). Wet down the cinder blocks, slipped ice blocks in the holes, and kinda aimed the bricks so the breeze would blow through. Never imagined chickens would get so excited about ice! 🤣
 

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GreenJay said:
Yeah, last summer was a doozy! 🥵
Lots and lots of ice 😂 . And shade with ventilation of course! The girls have a wading pool and I set up a redneck AC out of cinder blocks and ice blocks (made a bigger one after the pic was taken). Wet down the cinder blocks, slipped ice blocks in the holes, and kinda aimed the bricks so the breeze would blow through. Never imagined chickens would get so excited about ice! 🤣
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Love it! I actually have access to electricity close to my coop. I wonder if blowing a box fan thru the ice would help? It might melt the ice too quickly though. Just thinking out loud. This is all trial and error for me. I'm glad I hooked up with y'all to bounce ideas around!
 
Chickie McChickerson said:
Love it! I actually have access to electricity close to my coop. I wonder if blowing a box fan thru the ice would help? It might melt the ice too quickly though. Just thinking out loud. This is all trial and error for me. I'm glad I hooked up with y'all to bounce ideas around!
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The fan might melt it too fast but as you say, trial and error 😁. And with our high humidity most of the year, what works for AZ may not work for TX 😉. This thread has lots of suggestions for hot weather. And people on this site are super helpful with any problem.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poll-time-cool-the-coop-chickens.1584593/
 
Chickie McChickerson said:
On October 23 I found a tiny cate all busted up on a farm to market road called
333, we took him to the vet and he had high of 103,

i found him on 10/23/23 all busted up on a road called 333. He had 103 degrees of fever and weighed 3.3 pounds. He had to have 3 stitches in his mouth. We were told to bring him back in 3 days. Then we paid our bill of 3 hundred dollars! and that my friends is how 3 got his name!
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Oh my, what a history for one little cat! Welcome to BYC, I hope you enjoy your time here. :D
 

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