Extreme heat issues

[JPadronMiami]

Thats smart!!

very clever idea!!!

 

[AMURPHY227]

I did an article a couple of weeks ago with several things I do in the summer here in south Louisiana!


Southern Heat: Ways to keep your flock cool in the summer.

 

[JPadronMiami]

I did an article a couple of weeks ago with several things I do in the summer here in south Louisiana!


Southern Heat: Ways to keep your flock cool in the summer.

read the article, valuable advice, Im glad to see that Im on the right track since I see ive adopted some of those methods you mentioned, at present, so far have only lost 1 of my EE hen's due to this heat, am determined not to lose any more. Thanks for the info...

 

[JPadronMiami]

read the article, valuable advice, Im glad to see that Im on the right track since I see ive adopted some of those methods you mentioned, at present, so far have only lost 1 of my EE hen's due to this heat, am determined not to lose any more. Thanks for the info...

 

[Chicalina]

We've had a heatwave here in the UK with temps up to 95F - I know that's nothing compared to some US states but it's unbearable humid heat here and we aren't set up for it. Nobody has domestic aircon and we have to get by with fans or those portable units on wheels. Our chickens certainly aren't used to temps this high very regularly.

I hose down the trees in my run so they drip for a while into the run afterwards, making the soil wet. And the evaporation from the soil and rhe leaves over the next few hours really makes a difference to the temperature. It's quite shaded which is good too. Sometimes I shut them out of the coop during the day because it just gets like an oven in there.

 

[JPadronMiami]

We've had a heatwave here in the UK with temps up to 95F - I know that's nothing compared to some US states but it's unbearable humid heat here and we aren't set up for it. Nobody has domestic aircon and we have to get by with fans or those portable units on wheels. Our chickens certainly aren't used to temps this high very regularly.

I hose down the trees in my run so they drip for a while into the run afterwards, making the soil wet. And the evaporation from the soil and rhe leaves over the next few hours really makes a difference to the temperature. It's quite shaded which is good too. Sometimes I shut them out of the coop during the day because it just gets like an oven in there.

We've had a heatwave here in the UK with temps up to 95F - I know that's nothing compared to some US states but it's unbearable humid heat here and we aren't set up for it. Nobody has domestic aircon and we have to get by with fans or those portable units on wheels. Our chickens certainly aren't used to temps this high very regularly.

I hose down the trees in my run so they drip for a while into the run afterwards, making the soil wet. And the evaporation from the soil and rhe leaves over the next few hours really makes a difference to the temperature. It's quite shaded which is good too. Sometimes I shut them out of the coop during the day because it just gets like an oven in there.

ventilation and those fans are so important, i read in here today that some people are using these spray misters that help so much however with the humidity that we have in my area im concerned that it may make their environment more humid, heavy and hot....gotta read up on this...

 

[FeatherWeather]

I live in a dry hot climate. High 90's to 100 most days. I run a sprinkler several times a day and wet the dirt where they hang out under the shade trees. I also run it in the grass. They know when that sprinklers on it's time to cool their feet and peck around in the grass or dirt. You can put out sprinklers on timers if you're going to be gone on a hot day.
FYi-we have bermuda grass and I've always hated it because it invades EVERYTHING and you absolutely can NOT kill it. It pops up everywhere. But...it is wonderful for chickens. They can scratch around poop on it and do all the Chicken-y things and it never dies. So, they always have grass on their side of the yard. It's very much cooler on the grass.
I put out frozen water bottles in pans of water and a fan for them out under their shade trees. If it's super hot (over 100), I have a little portable evaporative cooler that I put near one of their cold waters so they can have a little cooling station.
I have an open air coop. You have to here. It's just too darn hot. It has siding on the bottom and hardware cloth for windows and the windows are all the way around the coop. They have a fan going constantly in there during the day on the nesting boxes and at night facing their roost. We painted the roof with that reflective paint to keep it cooler too.
When we first got the girls, the trees were smaller so we used a 10 x 10 pop up canopy out over part of the grass. Now I can get away with just some umbrellas here and there.

 

[Chicalina]

ventilation and those fans are so important, i read in here today that some people are using these spray misters that help so much however with the humidity that we have in my area im concerned that it may make their environment more humid, heavy and hot....gotta read up on this...

If we are talking keeping chicken runs cool (as opposed to houses) then I wouldn't think humidity is important, it's temperature you need to focus on. Cold water sprayed or misted on extremely hot days will only help cool the air and the substrate and therefore it's evaporation will cool the chickens. And shade is essential. Plants/trees provide both of these.

I wouldn't put a mister inside a coop though. You want to keep it dry in there or you'll have mould problems. Positioning the ventilation so the wind blows through the coop at a high level is ideal.

 

[Rick589]

Hose down areas around the coop hourly, cooling the area brings temp down a lot. Our LA heat of 100 or more, is at least 30 days a year.
]For cooling water, Take Pint sized (or whatever size fits) containers and freeze water in them, plop large ice "cube" directly into water dispenser.

Same here. I just hose down the chicken yard under our large willow oak periodically. Our BO’s will eventually ‘dust’ bathe there. Nevertheless, our gals were panting up a storm during this recent hot streak.