Official BYC Poll: How Do You Keep Your Chickens Cool In Summer?

[Chickie Girls]

Our girls "free range" in our side yard all day. They have several shaded areas and bushes they will rest under. They love cold berries or watermelon. The summers in Texas can be brutal, so we put an outdoor mister fan that blows over their favorite afternoon spot. I've seen one go put her face right in front of the mister for a few seconds when it was 108 degrees.

 

[Kimnkaties01]

Lots of cool water and mine loves her fan. She sings into it. Just got her a new smaller, black one and she’s not happy. Going out to the shed for the standard box fan she loves.

That is a cute image in my head of her singing into her fan lol. I love this

 

[Darlene28073]

I also find that making sure they have plenty of dust bathing area helps a lot. The ground, dirt, sand etc stays cool and helps them stay cool as well.

 

[achiekitty]

Our girls free range in the daytime. They have plenty of places to hide including shrubberies; but by early afternoon, they start hanging-out by the house, next to the crawl space vent, where they can get cool air.
First they go to the kitchen side, where they beg for lunch. Then they move to the vent on the other side next to the bedroomlater in the afternoon.
I also put ice blocks from plastic cups or 16 oz plastic containers in their water stations, as well as plenty of fruit that we happen to have around.

 

[CassieD]

We’re in SE Texas and it’s very hot and humid so heat is a big issue. I have a small coop and run. I tried misters once but it mainly made mud. So I run a fan and in the heat of the afternoon I give the girls a large water pan that I add frozen water bottles to. There’s also lots of shade cloth. The coop has a sand floor which I pour water onto. They like to dig down into it as it’s cooler

 

[FunnyFrizzles]

Lots of cool water and mine loves her fan. She sings into it. Just got her a new smaller, black one and she’s not happy. Going out to the shed for the standard box fan she loves.

you

 

[RebeccaRN]

Well, my coop reached 95 a few days ago (got the fan hung up so no more evacuations) and the silkies were panting along with everyone else until they were moved to a breezy area

Wow its that hot in Montana? It was 54 this morning here in Oklahoma

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Wow its that hot in Montana? It was 54 this morning here in Oklahoma

It gets above 100 a lot in the summer. We've had nothing but cool since that post though. Our weather is all messed up rn

 

[Loveshorsesandglee]

I give them lots of water and they go under the trees and bushes for shade.

 

[Loveshorsesandglee]

I give them lots of water and they go under the trees and bushes for shade.