Question about heat

[D Uccle Uncle]

2 Vastly different climates, so 2 different opinions...

Desert? Dry heat right - so misters would likely work well in cooling the air since the water evaporates quickly (?) I don't know, I've never lived in the desert.

NH? Humidity based heat?
I do know what that's like, so no, I personally would not use a mister for my flocks with this climate. It's sweltering and adding more humidity would not be ideal. Deep shade, cool water to drink. Fans as needed.

I will soon muster a thread on this subject.

From my perspective, I do not short-thrift the notion that, before suggesting a mister, all other means of bird protection have been exhausted. I'm conservative to the core. A mister requires electricity and a water pump somewhere for 99% of people. All other more conservative measures should first have been taken. There is no comparing a dry heat to a moist heat: the higher temperature is what turns clear egg into white egg. It is the higher temperature that denatures (irreversibly damages) proteins.

The complexity involved in cooling with a mister requires at minimum two entirely different sets of calculus, where in the end, for most people, instead of doing the maths, the more appropriate recommendation is to consider doing a test with your own birds...an experiment that is closely observed and monitored, and repeated, before routinely using a misting system.

 

[ColoradoChicken89]

Tbh, I think it just depends if it's a humid climate or a dry climate or a mixed one. Where I live it's more of a mix that leans more towards dry. I'd say humidity is low enough it would be fine, if it gets too high though it would become less effective.

I won't because i don't want to have to check the weather report. Lol.

Keep in mind, panting is an effective way for them to cool themselves. So long as it's not excessive, or accompanied with other symptoms, they should be fine.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I will soon muster a thread on this subject.

Even better, consider submitting an article (and you can enter it in the biyearly contest)! I will gladly trade climates with you and take your misters. We had one of those Ryobi battery powered ones that go in a bucket. Felt incredible. But like I said, almost all of our heatwaves come with a humidity bump.

By the way, I love your username. Before I heard someone pronounce d'Uccle properly, I would call them d'Uncles.