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It probably got up to at least 70-75 on the hottest day

We've been reaching high 80s lately. But here, we can easily hit mid-high 90s during summer

When our temps get up to high 80s, the water has gotten hot and I had to put ice in it just to bring it down a few degrees. I could figure out a way to insulate the barrel and provide more shading. It sits on the outside of the run, since it's small right now (I do plan to enlarge it considerably).

I could figure out a way to insulate it maybe

Well it gets pretty warm in the hot days

I am looking for tips and advice on how to keep my chick's water cold. I've got 5 10-week old chicks, and I use a rain barrel water system with PVC pipe and water cups running into my chicken coop- it's a small TSC coop if that makes any difference. Right now, I've just been buying bags of ice...

They've moved outside now (for about 3-4 weeks at this point). They're 8 weeks old today. They haven't roamed the whole yard, but they do get into their designated grass outside the coop area. So far, I don't think there's been any issues.

Yeahhhh, outside of extending the run, which i do plan to do, my options for a bigger coop are going to delayed for now.

I just took these today. And they all turned 7 weeks today. The smallest one is one of my ISA Browns. From what I can tell, they're combs still look yellow and smallish to me. I haven't seen any waddles developing.

I am seriously hoping I don't have any cockerels! I wouldn't even know what to do with a rooster. I am getting increasingly worried one or two of my "girls" might be though

I really appreciate the honest feedback. I figured it would be too small for them. It has 3 nesting boxes as of now. I have been making my own adjustments and alterations to the overall coop, to include giving them a larger run. That's definitely something I have to consider though about my...

There's 5, 2 ISA Browns and 3 Rhode Island Reds. I do plan on letting them out to roam the yard a couple times a week. I was wondering if I might use the deep litter method if possible inside th coop and the run.

Thanks a lot! I sure will

I'm debating on what the best type of flooring to put in my chicken run. It was grass at first, but I was worried about it getting muddy. I'm in the Southampton, VA area and while we don't get much snow, it gets pretty rainy, and temps right now for spring range from lows in the 30s to anywhere...

Hi all! I've had my first batch of chicks ever for about 3 weeks now (TSC estimated they were about a week old when I got them). And I've been learning a lot, especially just about the brooder set up. And mine has changed a few times already. Now I'm brooding in their coop at 4 weeks old. Our...