I use the high velocity fans mounted to keep air moving in the ceiling areas in my barns horse stalls here in Houston where the relative humidity is like 200% Keeping cool water in plenty to drink is also a help. There are a bunch of folks on the TX thread who have all been dealing with the heat here.
Talking about humidity, it is just plain awful. I am free ranging my girls very early in the morning before the heat really "hits the fan" then I put them back in their covered run where they spend the rest of the day. I have 2 coops and a long run with a partition in the middle (not ready yet to completely integrate my 12 week old chicks with the hens). I recently installed misters with a pump that increases the water pressure to 160psi. It works great but it still makes the sand wet if I run them in the peak of the afternoon when it is the hottest. Now I am worried about the wet sand and cocci. I quit giving the chicks medicated starter-grower feed because my hens were eating it when they were all out free ranging. I also have 6 fans running all the time but I have the impression that they are just running hot air, how can the fans help the hens?
Leave windows open to allow humidity introduced during cooling to escape, otherwise evaporation will slow and temperature will go up,
Sorry OP I can't help with your evap. cooler, but I wanted to say that lake looks divine!The mister, box fans, and open coop with shaded areas sounds ideal to me. High humidity and dew points can be hard to combat. Here in the Midwest, we have been lucky this year since it has been very cool and good rains this Summer. Nothing over 100 and only 2 or 3 days with temps up over 90! We are fortunate to have a pond that the dogs can take a dip whenever they get hot.
