Post ways to keep your chickens cool in this heat

[fluffychickens]

Post any ways to keep chicks cool. My new weekend goal is to make my chicks comfortibale

 

[Chicken Frenzie]

Well,when my mom and Dad aren't looking I bring them in the house ;o.
Lol, or I just sometimes get a big bucket and dip my chickens feet in it.

 

[luvinmychickens]

We put a fan behing the doorway so they won't get hurt by it. I also get a plastic bin and fill it up with water and let them stand in it. I let them float in it when I fill it up higher too. To let them float, you have to do it a little everyday for them to get used to it.

 

[Beekissed]

Plenty of shade and cool dusting spots, fresh water and a fan in the coop for cross breezing. Other than that, I've never done anything else and my chickens seem to do just fine. Some folks add a mister to that combination.

 

[tinychicky]

all 23 of mine got to spend the day in the cool dark basement (lucky ducks-sorry i meant chickens

-upstairs we humans don't even have AC

) since it was in the hundreds today

i also hose down the outside of the coop so the heat doesn't biuld up and spray the outside pen so they can take mudbaths

i spritz cold water under all of thier wings sometimes too and give them frozen water bottles to lie against. they also get extra electrolytes in thier water.

 

[classicsredone]

Here's what we use, and how many we use depends on how hot it is.

-Fresh water 2-3 times a day so that it does not get hot.
-Add ice to water dish
-Feed cool snacks like melon, frozen veggies, extra zucchini, etc.
-Put a stainless steel feed dish in run, and fill with cool water for them to wade or sit in
-Freeze water and chopped treats like veggies and fruit in pie tins to put out in the run. They'll peck at it for awhile to get the treats.
-We put a pop-up tent over them for shade since they are in an ark.
-Put mister on pop-up tent with a timer to go off every hour for 15 minutes or so.

 

[stilldeb]

Ice, ice in their water, ice on the ground, changing their water out often, misting with water, lots of shade from trees and tarps, fans.

deb g